what is the latin word for earth
For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation). Earth (from Old English: EorÃ°e; Greek: Î³Î±á¿Î± Gaia; Latin: Terra), otherwise known as the World (especially in geopolitics and geography), or the Globe, is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets.