Terran is a demonym, a term commonly associated in science fiction with humans.

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• circa 1300, from the Middle English terrene, "belonging to this world, earthly, secular, temporal"
• 1635: "of the Earth as a planet"
• 1881, from the Latin terra: "of or pertaining to the planet Earth"
• 1953, as a noun: "inhabitant of the Earth"

Used to describe any species from Earth, most notably the human race.

[edit] Other uses

It may also refer to:

In fiction:

• Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance, a fictional galactic government in the FreeSpace series.
• Terran (Trinity Blood), the human race as referred to be the Methuselah (vampires) in Trinity Blood.
• Terran (StarCraft), the name given to the humans in the StarCraft science fiction series.
• Terran Alliance, a fictional governing organization in the Battle Opera Gunmech universe.
• Terran Confederation, the primary human government in the Wing Commander science fiction series.
• Terran Empire, a government in the 1967 Star Trek episode Mirror, Mirror and the 2005 Star Trek: Enterprise episode In a Mirror, Darkly.
• Terran Federation (Starship Troopers), a government in the 1959 science fiction novel Starship Troopers.
• Terran Federation (Blake's 7), a government in the science fiction TV series Blake's 7.
• Terran Federation (Starfire), a government in the Starfire universe.
• Terran Hegemony, a government in the fictional BattleTech universe.
• Terran Overlord Government (TOG), an imperial government and its military forces in the RPG Renegade Legion.
• Terran Republic, an empire fighting for order in the fictional MMOFPS PlanetSide for PC.
• Terran Trade Authority, the government in a collection of four large illustrated science fiction books.
• Terran System, another name given to the system where Earth is found in the 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Best of Both Worlds Part 1
• Terran, humans from the Sol System in the X Universe in the X game series. They feature heavily in X3: Terran Conflict.
• Terran Hanseatic League, a fictional group of colonies in the Saga of the Seven Suns novels
• Terran Alliance, the main race in Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
• A Terran planet in the game franchise Sins of a Solar Empire is a planet which physically resembles earth.

In other

• Tony Terran, Los Angeles Session Trumpet Player
• Terran, music, Progressive Rock band from The Netherlands

See also:

• Terra
• terrestrial
• Earthling

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