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Defenition of the word territory

    • Defenition of the word territory

      • An area that an animal or group of animals defends, mainly against members of the same species.
      • Land that is controlled by a specific country or ruler.
      • Land or an area of a particular type.
      • A tract of land of undefined size.
      • A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
      • The region of responsibility assigned to a representative, agent, or the like.
      • A non-sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of an external government but has not yet been admitted to the full rights of a province or federal state of the controlling country.
      • a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
      • an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"
      • a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
      • the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
      • an area of knowledge or interest
      • the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

    Synonyms for the word territory

      • colony
      • district
      • dominion
      • mandate
      • province
      • territorial dominion

    Hyponyms for the word territory

      • Acadia
      • Acre
      • administrative district
      • administrative division
      • American Samoa
      • Aragon
      • AS
      • associated state
      • Athos
      • Attica
      • Boeotia
      • border district
      • borderland
      • british east africa
      • british west africa
      • Castile
      • Castilla
      • Catalonia
      • city district
      • community
      • congressional district
      • development
      • East Malaysia
      • Eastern Samoa
      • enclave
      • Galloway
      • goldfield
      • jurisdiction
      • Kordofan
      • Lake District
      • Lakeland
      • Lothian Region
      • Louisiana Purchase
      • mandate
      • mandatory
      • march
      • marchland
      • Mount Athos
      • Natal
      • North Borneo
      • Northern Mariana Islands
      • Northern Marianas
      • Northern Territory
      • Northwest Territories
      • Nunavut
      • Palatinate
      • Pfalz
      • possession
      • protectorate
      • residential area
      • residential district
      • Sabah
      • Sarawak
      • territorial division
      • trust territory
      • trusteeship
      • West Malaysia
      • Yukon
      • Yukon Territory

    Hypernyms for the word territory

      • area
      • geographic area
      • geographic region
      • geographical area
      • geographical region
      • possession
      • region

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