What is "territory" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does territory mean in English? Meaning of territory definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "territory" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "territory": a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Noun

  • Meaning: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
  • Synonyms: district dominion territorial dominion territory
  • Hyponyms: administrative district administrative division associated state border district borderland british east africa british west africa city district community congressional district development enclave goldfield jurisdiction mandate mandatory march marchland palatinate possession protectorate residential area residential district territorial division trust territory trusteeship
  • Hypernyms: region
  • Instance Hyponyms: acadia acre american samoa aragon as athos attica boeotia castile castilla catalonia darfur east malaysia eastern samoa galloway kordofan kwazulu-natal lake district lakeland lothian region louisiana purchase mount athos natal north borneo northern mariana islands northern marianas northern territory northwest territories nunavut palatinate papal states pfalz sabah sarawak west malaysia yukon yukon territory
  • Pronunciation in US: /tɛrɪtɔri/

    Pronunciation in UK: /tɛrɪt(ə)ri/

    Meaning of "territory": an area of knowledge or interest

    Noun

  • Meaning: an area of knowledge or interest
  • Example: his questions covered a lot of territory
  • Synonyms: territory
  • Hypernyms: area
  • Pronunciation in US: /tɛrɪtɔri/

    Pronunciation in UK: /tɛrɪt(ə)ri/

    Meaning of "territory": the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

    Noun

  • Meaning: the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
  • Example: American troops were stationed on Japanese soil
  • Synonyms: soil territory
  • Hypernyms: geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
  • Pronunciation in US: /tɛrɪtɔri/

    Pronunciation in UK: /tɛrɪt(ə)ri/

    Synonyms:

    province, sector, land, neighborhood, district, zone, area, country, terrain, colony, nation, field, state, street, commonwealth, empire, section, mandate, expanse, walk, sphere, dominion, extent, tract, turf, quarter, boundary, block, belt, neck of the woods, terrene, enclave, township, exclave, stomping grounds,

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