Word
Territory
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
ter-ri-to-ry
Definition
- 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; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East
India Company.
- 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.
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