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1. (n.) territory
any tract of land; region; district.
2. territory
the land and waters belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a state, sovereign, etc.
3. territory
any separate tract of land belonging to a state.
4. territory
(usu. cap.)
5. territory
a region of the U.S. not admitted as a state but having its own legislature and an appointed governor.
6. territory
a similar district elsewhere, as in Canada and Australia.
7. territory
a field or sphere of action, thought, etc.
8. territory
the region or district assigned to a representative, agent, or the like, as for making sales.
9. territory
the area that an animal defends against intruders, esp. of the same species.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L territōrium land round a town, district =terr(a) land +-tōrium-tory2)
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1. (noun) district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
2. (noun) territory
an area of knowledge or interest
"his questions covered a lot of territory"
3. (noun) territory, soil
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
"American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
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1. (noun) territory
an area of land belonging to or controlled by a country, state, etc.
in French/Mexican/Korean territory
2. territory
an area that an animal lives in and defends against other animals
Blackbirds live in clearly defined territories.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Territory
a large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district
2. (noun) Territory
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
3. (noun) Territory
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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Sense: a stretch of land; a region
They explored the territory around the North Pole.
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 Afrikaans: gebied, streek |
 Arabic: إقْليم، مُقاطَعَه |
 Bulgarian: територия |
 Brazilian: território |
 Czech: území, oblast |
 German: das Territorium |
 Danish: område |
 Greek: περιοχή |
 Spanish: territorio |
 Estonian: maa-ala |
 Farsi: ناحیه؛ منطقه |
 Finnish: alue |
 French: territoire |
 Hebrew: שֶׁטַח אֶרֶץ, טֶרִיטוֹריָ |
 Hindi: क्षेत्र |
 Croatian: područje, teritorij |
 Hungarian: terület |
 Indonesian: kawasan |
 Icelandic: (land)svæði |
 Italian: territorio |
 Japanese: 地域 |
 Korean: 지역 |
 Lithuanian: teritorija, plotas |
 Latvian: teritorija |
 Malay: wilayah |
 Dutch: gebied |
 Norwegian: landområde, region, terri |
 Polish: obszar |
 Persian: ناحیه؛ منطقه |
 Pashto: سيمه، علاقه، خاوره، هيواد |
 Portuguese: território |
 Romanian: teritoriu |
 Russian: район |
 Slovak: územie, oblasť |
 Slovenian: področje |
 Serbian: teritorija |
 Swedish: [land]område |
 Thai: อาณาเขต |
 Turkish: bölge |
 Taiwanese: 版圖，地區 |
 Ukrainian: територія |
 Urdu: علاقہ |
 Vietnamese: dải đất, khu vực |
 Chinese: 版图，地区 |
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