overseas territory

English

Noun

overseas territory (plural overseas territories)

1. A country or smaller territory which politically is either an integral part of - or in some dependent (e.g. colonial) relationship with another state, but is geographically separated from that 'mother state' by the sea, without bordering it or its coastal waters
2. (law) A more specific status legally defined under a constitution for one or more of the above territories

Translations

country or smaller territory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海外領地／海外领地, 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)
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• German: Überseegebiet n
• Hungarian: tengeren túli terület (hu)
• Japanese: 海外領土 (kaigai ryōdo)
• Russian: замо́рская террито́рия (ru) f (zamórskaja territórija)