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Topic: EARTH SCIENCES

Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: 'land, ground', from Latin terrenum, from terra; TERRACE

terrain

 noun
     
ter‧rain [uncountable and countable]
HE a particular type of land:
rocky terrain
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