Terra Australis

Latin

Proper noun

Terra Austrālis (literally Southern Land)

  1. (geography) A hypothetical continent proposed, prior to the discovery of Australia, to exist in the Southern Hemisphere.
  2. A former name for the continent of Australia after its discovery.

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