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n. An area of land; a region.

n. The land and waters under the jurisdiction of a government.

n. A political subdivision of a country.

n. A geographic region, such as a colonial possession, that is dependent on an external government: the territories of the Holy Roman Empire.

n. A subdivision of the United States that is not a state and is administered by an appointed or elected governor and elected legislature.

n. A similarly organized political subdivision of Canada or Australia.

n. An area for which a person is responsible as a representative or agent: a salesperson's territory.

n. Sports The area of a field defended by a specified team: punted the ball deep into the opponent's territory.

n. Biology An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the same species.

n. A sphere of action or interest; a province. See Synonyms at field.

n. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

n. 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.

n. An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.

n. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

n. The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government.

n. In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

n. The extent or compass of land and the waters thereof within the bounds or belonging to the jurisdiction of any sovereign, state, city, or other body; any separate tract of land as belonging to a state; dominion; sometimes, also, a domain or piece of land belonging to an individual.

n. Any extensive tract, region, district, or domain: as, an unexplored territory in Africa.

n. [capitalized] In the United States, an organized division of the country, not admitted to the complete rights of Statehood (see state, 13).

n. Synonyms and Quarter, province.

n. an area of knowledge or interest

n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

"Both areas were then organized as one territory, Xinjiang (literally, “new territory”), with its capital at Urumchi; it became a province in 1884."

area    geographic region    geographic area    geographical region    geographical area   

territory of a judge    cell territory   

terrain    terrene    terrace    territorial    terrestrial    terracotta    terrier    terra   

region    country    district   

province    district    colony    region    capital    land    population    frontier    possession    tribe