territory
A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
Other meanings
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.
An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
Related words
- cyberterritory
- ethnoterritory
- subterritory
- Territorian
- territoried
- territoriless
- absolute territory
- British overseas territory
- dark territory
- foul territory
- overseas territory
- scheduled territory
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "territōrium".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “territory” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.