Territory (IPA: /ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹi/)
| Territory (n.) |
A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. |
| Territory (n.) |
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. |
| Territory (n.) |
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. |
| Territory |
Area of land under the jurisdiction |
| Territory |
Area a wild animal stays at and defends |
| Territory |
Area belonging to a person or entity |
| Territory |
In go, the squares enclosed by one's alive stones, including those occupied by the enemy's effectively dead stones (if any); used to score games under Japanese and Korean rules |
| Territory |
Short story by David Leavitt |
| Territory Synonyms |
Territorial Dominion, Dominio, District |
| Territory Synonyms |
Soil |
| Spanish Translation |
Territory in Spanish is Territorio |
| Tagalog Translation |
Territory in Tagalog is Distrito |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati." - Marshall McLuhan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " The territory of Ukraine is indivisible and inviolable." - Ukraine |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses." - Al Capone |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace." - Barack Obama |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "We do not want a single foot of foreign territory; but of our territory we shall not surrender a single inch to anyone." - Soviet Union |
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