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  1. a Latin expression, but often used in English, meaning "dry land", as against water. The phrase, translated into Spanish as Tierra Firma, served in the 16th century as the name of the Isthmus of Panama. It is also used for the mainland around Venice.
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  • Spanish: tierra firma
Etymology: terra, land + firma, solid

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