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Incognita is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Incognita in a sentence

Incognita meaning

  1. A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
  2. The state of being in disguise.

Using Incognita

  • The main meaning on this page is: A woman who is unknown or in disguise. | The state of being in disguise.
  • In the example corpus, incognita often appears in combinations such as: terra incognita, australis incognita, incognita in.

Context around Incognita

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

terra 7× australis 4× galactica 1×

Often after:

unknown 2×

Sentence patterns with Incognita

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

terra australis incognita unknown southern 2× 17 called incognita or love 1× a terra incognita by both 1× archaeological terra incognita 1× marked terra incognita still has 1× or terra incognita in the 1× south terra incognita not long 1× terra australis incognita the unknown 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

congreve assumed the 1× d 1682 a 1× filmed in high 1× he added that 1× no wonder stanley 1× other names for 1×

Common sentence endings:

and policy makers 1× any definite shorelines 1× archaeological terra incognita 1× blocks of time 1× d in 1692 1× from the shore 1×

Words around Incognita

Just before it in the word index:

incogni 2 incodium 2 inco 6 incm 9 inclusivity 306 inclusiveness 88

Just after it in the word index:

incognito 98 incognizant 2 incoherence 26 incoherent 105 incoherently 13 incois 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Incognita

  • In this selection, "incognita" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, terra, australis, galactica and unknown stand out and add context to how "incognita" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include terra australis incognita unknown southern and 17 called incognita or love. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "incognita" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with incognita

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Terra Australis Incognita ("unknown southern land") is printed across a region including the south pole without any definite shorelines. (19 words)

They described how, up until 1967, the Israelite heartland in the highlands of western Palestine was virtually an archaeological terra incognita. (21 words)

The continent that gave us maps marked “Terra Incognita” still has ports and entire regions that are only reachable from the shore. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Filmed in High Definition, the series roughly follows a chronology from the earliest sightings of Terra Australis Incognita through to the present with each era defined by a theme rather than equal blocks of time. (35 words)

The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in the 15th and 16th centuries proved that Terra Australis Incognita ("Unknown Southern Land"), if it existed, was a continent in its own right. (35 words)

No wonder Stanley’s charting of the Congo River Basin increased European interest in Africa dramatically, as it removed the last bit of “unknown territory” (or “terra incognita”) in the minds of the Europeans. (34 words)

Example sentences (13)

Wrote he: “I humbly realized that I had stumbled upon a virtual terra incognita in Philippine religious history in which I had to find my own way.

Snapshots of stars in the Milky Way's "Zona Galactica Incognita" are helping to flesh out our understanding of what our galaxy looks like.

The continent that gave us maps marked “Terra Incognita” still has ports and entire regions that are only reachable from the shore.

He added that the establishment of the proposed Infrastructure Fund must be viewed as the entering upon a "Terra Incognita" by both entrepreneurs and policy makers.

No wonder Stanley’s charting of the Congo River Basin increased European interest in Africa dramatically, as it removed the last bit of “unknown territory” (or “terra incognita”) in the minds of the Europeans.

Congreve assumed the pseudonym Cleophil and went on to publish a work he had written at the approximate age of 17 called Incognita: or, Love and Duty reconcil'd in 1692.

D. (1682) "A short relation out of the journal of Captain Abel Jansen Tasman, upon the discovery of the South Terra incognita; not long since published in the Low Dutch".

Filmed in High Definition, the series roughly follows a chronology from the earliest sightings of Terra Australis Incognita through to the present with each era defined by a theme rather than equal blocks of time.

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Other names for the hypothetical landmass have included Terra Australis Ignota, Terra Australis Incognita ("The unknown land of the South") or Terra Australis Nondum Cognita ("The Southern Land Not Yet Known").

Terra Australis Incognita ("unknown southern land") is printed across a region including the south pole without any definite shorelines.

Terra incognita and all that." citation Maps A Game of Thrones, the first installment of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, has two maps of Westeros.

The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in the 15th and 16th centuries proved that Terra Australis Incognita ("Unknown Southern Land"), if it existed, was a continent in its own right.

They described how, up until 1967, the Israelite heartland in the highlands of western Palestine was virtually an archaeological terra incognita.

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Common combinations with incognita

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "incognita" in a sentence?
An example: "Wrote he: “I humbly realized that I had stumbled upon a virtual terra incognita in Philippine religious history in which I had to find my own way." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "incognita" from authentic English texts.
What does "incognita" mean?
Incognita means: A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
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