overseas territory

English

Noun

overseas territory (plural overseas territories)

1. A nation or other territory that is politically controlled by another that is located far away.
2. (law) A more specific status legally defined under a constitution for one or more of the above territories.

Derived terms

• British overseas territory

Translations

country or smaller territory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海外領地／海外领地 (hǎiwài lǐngdì)

• Dutch: overzees gebiedsdeel n, overzees territorium n
• French: territoire d’outre-mer (fr) m, TOM (fr) m
• Georgian: ზღვისიქითა ტერიტორია (zɣvisikita ṭeriṭoria)
• German: Überseegebiet (de) n
• Hungarian: tengeren túli terület (hu)
• Japanese: 海外領土 (ja) (kaigai ryōdo)
• Russian: замо́рская террито́рия (ru) f (zamórskaja territórija)