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{{also|tellus}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂-|id=ground}}
{{bor+|en|la|tellus|t=Earth, globe, world}}, from {{der|en|itc-pro|*telnos}}, perhaps from {{der|en|ine-pro|*telnos ~ *telnes-}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*telh₂-||flat ground}}, but reshaped after {{m|la|rūs}}. Otherwise, could derive from {{der|en|ett|𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓|t=earth}}.

===Proper noun===
{{en-prop}}

# {{lb|en|Roman god}} The [[goddess#Noun|goddess]] of the [[Earth#Proper noun|Earth]] in [[Roman#Adjective|Roman]] [[mythology#Noun|mythology]].
#: {{syn|en|Terra}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1687|author=John Aubrey|title=Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme|page=37|text=Perhaps the Custome of the Beggars, throwing the remainder of drinke out of the Dish on the Ground, may be derived from an Ethnick sacrifice to '''Tellus'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]]|title=[[w:Fatherland (novel)|Fatherland]]|location=London|publisher=[[w:Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]]|year=1992|page=27|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/fatherland0000harris_q6n9/page/27/mode/1up|isbn=0-679-41273-5|passage=Now they could see what the guide was telling them: that the pillars supporting the frontage were of red granite, mined in Sweden, flanked at either end by golden statues of Atlas and '''Tellus''', bearing on their shoulders spheres depicting the heavens and the earth.}}
# {{lb|en|literary|now|_|chiefly|_|scifi}} The planet [[Earth#Proper noun|Earth]].
#: {{syn|en|Terra|Sol III}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:E. E. Smith|Edward E[lmer] Smith]]|title=w:The Skylark of Space|edition=revised|publisher=w:Pyramid Books|year=1958|page=121|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/skylarkofspace00smit/page/121/mode/1up|passage="Greetings, oh guests from '''Tellus'''! I feel more like myself, now that I am again in my trappings and have my weapons at my side." He attached a timepiece to the wrist of each of the guests, with a bracelet of the blue metal. "Will you accompany me to fourth-meal or aren't you hungry?"}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|Tellurian}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|en|tellurian|telluric|tellurium}}

===References===
* {{R:Dictionary.com}}
* {{R:OED Online|id=198821|pos=n}}
* {{R:HDSF|id=122|pos=n}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|fi|la|Tellūs}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p}}

===Proper noun===
{{fi-proper noun}}

# {{lb|fi|astronomy}} the planet [[Earth]]
#: {{syn|fi|Maa|maapallo}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-vastaus|Tellu|a|n=sg}}

====See also====
{{table:Solar System/fi}}

{{topics|fi|Planets of the Solar System}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
A personification of {{m|la|tellūs}}; see there for more.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|Tellūs}}

===Noun===
{{la-proper noun|Tellūs/Tellūr<3>|g=f}}

# {{senseid|la|Q2}}[[Earth]]
# An ancient [[goddess]] of the [[Earth]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|Tellūs/Tellūr<3>}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|Tellurian|tellurian|tellurium|telluric}}

{{C|la|Roman deities|Earth}}

==Norwegian==
{{wikipedia|lang=no|Jorda}}
{{wikipedia|lang=no|Tellus (gudinne)}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|no|la|Tellus}}.

===Proper noun===
{{head|no|proper noun}}

# [[Earth]]
# An ancient [[goddess]] of the [[Earth]]

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro}}