territory

English

Etymology

Latin territorium, from terra the earth

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /tɛrɪtɔri/
• (UK) IPA: /tɛrɪt(ə)ri/

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Noun

territory (plural territories)

1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
2. A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
3. (zoology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
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   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     Scotland had the territory and the momentum, forcing England into almost twice as many tackles and rattling them repeatedly at set-pieces.

Related terms

• terra
• terrace
• terracotta
• terrain
• terrene
• terrier
• territorial
• terrestrial

Translations

large tract of land

Albanian: territor (sq) m. Arabic: إقْليم (ar) ('iqliim) m. Armenian: տարածք (hy) (taratsk') Azeri: ərazi (az) Basque: lurralde (eu) Bengali: এলাকা (bn) (ēlākā) Catalan: territori (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 領土 (zh), 领土 (zh) (lǐngtǔ), 領地 (zh), 领地 (zh) (lǐngdì), 地區 (zh), 地区 (zh) (dìqū) Corsican: territuriale  (co) Czech: území (cs) n. Dutch: grondgebied (nl) n., territorium (nl) n. Esperanto: teritorio (eo) French: territoire (fr) m. Georgian: ტერიტორიაზე (ka) (teritoriaze) German: Territorium (de) n. Hebrew: שטח (he) m. Hindi: प्रदेश (hi) (pradēśa) m. Indonesian: teritori Interlingua: territorio Italian: territorio (it) m.

Japanese: 領土 (ja) (りょうど, ryōdo) Kannada: ಪ್ರದೇಶವನ್ನು (kn) (pradēśavannu) Korean: 영토 (ko) (yeongto) Latin: territorium (la) n. Latvian: teritorija (lv) Luxembourgish: Territoire (lb) m., Territorium (lb) m. Malay: wilayah (ms) Old English: ēþel (ang) Persian: قلمرو (fa), سرزمين  (fa) Polish: terytorium (pl) n. Portuguese: território (pt) m. Romanian: teritoriu (ro) m. Russian: территория (ru) (territórija) f. Scottish Gaelic: dùthaich (gd) f., talamh (gd) m. and f., tìr (gd) f. Spanish: territorio (es) m. Swahili: wilaya (sw), eneo (sw) Swedish: territorium (sv) n. Tagalog: teritoryo (tl) Tamil: பிரதேசம் (ta) (piratēcam) Telugu: భూభాగం (te) (bhūbhāgaṁ) Vietnamese: lãnh thổ (vi)

administrative unit

Catalan: territori (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 特區 (zh), 特区 (zh) (tèqū)

Finnish: alue (fi); territorio (fi) Korean: 준주 (ko) (junju) Russian: территория (ru) (territórija) f.

area which an animal defends

Finnish: reviiri (fi)

Polish: rewir (pl) m.