territory
English Thesaurus
1. an area of knowledge or interest (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | area, |
definition | : | a subject of study (noun.cognition) |
2. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (noun.location)
3. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes (noun.location)
hypernym | : | region, |
definition | : | a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | city district, |
definition | : | a district of a town or city (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | congressional district, |
definition | : | a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | development, |
definition | : | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | enclave, |
definition | : | an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | palatinate, |
definition | : | a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | goldfield, |
definition | : | a district where gold is mined (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | jurisdiction, |
definition | : | in law; the territory within which power can be exercised (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | mandate, mandatory, |
definition | : | a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | associated state, protectorate, |
definition | : | a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | possession, |
definition | : | a territory that is controlled by a ruling state (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | trust territory, trusteeship, |
definition | : | a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | british east africa, |
definition | : | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar (noun.location) |
hyponym | : | british west africa, |
definition | : | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | palatinate, pfalz, |
definition | : | a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | athos, mount athos, |
definition | : | an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | attica, |
definition | : | the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | boeotia, |
definition | : | a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | papal states, |
definition | : | the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy) (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | acadia, |
definition | : | the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | northwest territories, |
definition | : | a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | nunavut, |
definition | : | an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | yukon, yukon territory, |
definition | : | a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | northern territory, |
definition | : | a territory in north central Australia (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | acre, |
definition | : | a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | lake district, lakeland, |
definition | : | a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | galloway, |
definition | : | a district in southwestern Scotland (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | lothian region, |
definition | : | a district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | east malaysia, |
definition | : | the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | north borneo, sabah, |
definition | : | a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | sarawak, |
definition | : | a region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | west malaysia, |
definition | : | the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | kwazulu-natal, natal, |
definition | : | a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | american samoa, as, eastern samoa, |
definition | : | a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | aragon, |
definition | : | a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I) (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | castile, castilla, |
definition | : | a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | catalonia, |
definition | : | a region of northeastern Spain (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | darfur, |
definition | : | an impoverished region of western Sudan (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | kordofan, |
definition | : | a mountainous province of central Sudan (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | louisiana purchase, |
definition | : | territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada (noun.location) |
4. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (noun.location)
derivation | : | territorial, |
definition | : | of or relating to a territory (adj.pert) |
5. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes (noun.location)
derivation | : | district, zone, |
definition | : | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns (verb.social) |
derivation | : | territorial, |
definition | : | of or relating to a territory (adj.pert) |
6. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (noun.location)
derivation | : | territorial, |
definition | : | of or relating to a territory (adj.pert) |
7. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes (noun.location)
derivation | : | district, zone, |
definition | : | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns (verb.social) |
derivation | : | territorial, |
definition | : | of or relating to a territory (adj.pert) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore territory in ArtiKata.com >