territory

1. n. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. Source: opted

2. 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; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. n. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes Source: wordnet

5. n. an area of knowledge or interest Source: wordnet

6. n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state Source: wordnet

7. 1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. He looked, and saw wide territory spread Before him -- towns, and rural works between. Milton. 2. 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; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company. 3. 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. Source: webster

8. n:100 n. an area of knowledge or interest n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state Source: ecdict

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