Uk English Meaning of territory

Territory

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Definitions and Meaning of territory in English

Wordnet

territory (n)

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

an area of knowledge or interest

the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

Webster

territory (n.)

A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.

In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

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Territory

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes, an area of knowledge or interest, the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign stateA l

habitat,home,environment,locality,niche,range,Element,environs,haunt,medium

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territories => territories, territoried => territorial, territorially => territorially, territorializing => territorialising, territorialized => Territoralised,