territory
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(noun) an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory" |
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Related Words: area |
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(noun) a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state |
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Synonyms: colony, dominion, mandate, province, territorial dominion |
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Related Words: Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands, Faroes, French Oceania, French Polynesia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Macao, Macau, Palestine, possession, trust territory, trusteeship |
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(noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
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Synonyms: district |
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Related Words: Acadia, American Samoa, Aragon, Attica, Boeotia, Castile, Castilla, Catalonia, East Malaysia, Eastern Samoa, Galloway, Kordofan, Lothian Region, Natal, North Borneo, Northern Territory, Northwest Territories, Palatinate, Pfalz, Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia, Yukon, Yukon Territory, administrative district, administrative division, city district, community, congressional district, development, enclave, goldfield, jurisdiction, protectorate, region, residential area, residential district, sultanate, territorial division |
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