tierra firme

f.

firm ground, dry land, solid earth, earth.

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tierra firme

terra firma, dry land

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mainland

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(n.) = dry land [dryland], land mass [landmass], firm ground, solid ground

Ex. This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Ex. A distinctive new civilization developed in the European peninsula of the Eurasian land mass in the course of the millennium that followed.

Ex. Destabilisation of the economic forces governing publishers' prices has meant that subscription agents no longer work on firm ground.

Ex. Before him was a morass over which a bridge had been thrown to the solid ground beyond.

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(n.) = dry land [dryland], land mass [landmass], firm ground, solid ground

Ex: This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Ex: A distinctive new civilization developed in the European peninsula of the Eurasian land mass in the course of the millennium that followed.

Ex: Destabilisation of the economic forces governing publishers' prices has meant that subscription agents no longer work on firm ground.

Ex: Before him was a morass over which a bridge had been thrown to the solid ground beyond.

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tierra firme

dry land, terra firma