Tierra Firme

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Tierra Firme

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Borrowed from Spanish Tierra Firme (literally “mainland, terra firma”).

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historical A former province of Spain, spanning some of the northern South American mainland. As he approached Bogotá, the capital of the most powerful Chibcha kingdom, he encountered two other Spanish expeditions, both of which had penetrated the hinterland of Tierra Firme from different points on the Caribbean coast […].

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@misc{tierra_firme_2026,
  title = {Tierra Firme},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tierra%20firme},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}