territory
has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Synonyms Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)The revenue from O_'_Banion 's Cicero territory went_up still higher , until the yield was more_than the Torrio-Capone takings from the far bigger trade area of Chicago 's South and West_Sides . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)This may be because the Athabascan divergence began earlier ; or again because the Athabascan languages spread over a very_much larger territory ( including three wholly separated areas ) ; or both . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)He possessed the fighter pilot 's horror of bad_weather and instrument_flying , and he wondered , if the ceiling did drop , whether he and the other flights would be able to find their way back in_this unfamiliar territory . Related terms region development enclave jurisdiction protectorate Attica Northern_Territory Galloway Yukon sultanate Sabah Palatinate city_district West_Malaysia athos lake_district Boeotia Lothian_Region residential_district East_Malaysia Castile Sarawak Catalonia Natal American_Samoa Aragon Acadia Kordofan louisiana_purchase Northwest_Territories goldfield acre congressional_district administrative_district |
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[ noun ] (geography) a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)During the trip Selkirk decided that the route through Illinois territory to Indiana and the eastern United_States was the best route for goods from England to reach Red_River and that the United_States was a better source of supply for many goods than either Canada or England . As the time drew_near for the drawing of the British American frontier by terms of the agreement of 1818 , the company suspected that the Pembina_colony - its own post and Fort_Daer - was on American territory . (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)In answering these questions , we need to ask not merely whether Communist troops have crossed over into territories they did not occupy before , and not merely whether disciplined agents of the Cominform are in control of governments from which they were formerly excluded : (Statements 87th Congress, 1st Session. Appropriations,...)As used in this Act , the term ' saline water ' includes sea_water , brackish water , and other mineralized or chemically charged water , and the term ' United_States ' extends to and includes the District_of_Columbia , the Commonwealth of Puerto_Rico , and the territories and possessions of the United_States . Related terms possession region development Palestine jurisdiction enclave Attica protectorate Boeotia goldfield residential_district Yukon nunavut Galloway American_Samoa Castile Acadia Northwest_Territories athos Northern_Territory Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands congressional_district city_district Lothian_Region Faroe_Islands Macao Sabah East_Malaysia borderland West_Malaysia Sarawak Aragon French_Polynesia Catalonia Kordofan british_virgin_islands american_virgin_islands louisiana_purchase Natal acre lake_district possession Palatinate northern_mariana_islands trust_territory mandate administrative_district zone |
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[ noun ] an area of knowledge or interest
Examples "his questions covered a lot of territory" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)Brooklyn_College is Marjorie_Morningstar territory , as much_as the_Bronx or Central_Park_West . (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)There was no use wandering off into a territory of utter nightmare . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
Synonyms Examples "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil" Related terms |
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