Dictionary:

territory

  (tĕr'ĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)

1. An area of land; a region.
2. The land and waters under the jurisdiction of a government.
3. 1. A political subdivision of a country.
   2. A geographic region, such as a colonial possession, that is dependent on an external government: the territories of the Holy Roman Empire.
4. often Territory
   1. A subdivision of the United States that is not a state and is administered by an appointed or elected governor and elected legislature.
   2. A similarly organized political subdivision of Canada or Australia.
5. An area for which a person is responsible as a representative or agent: a salesperson's territory.
6. Sports. The area of a field defended by a specified team: punted the ball deep into the opponent's territory.
7. Biology. An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the same species.
8. A sphere of action or interest; a province. See synonyms at field.

[Middle English, from Latin territōrium, from terra, earth.]

noun

1. An area subject to rule by an outside power: colony, dependency, possession, province. See politics.
2. A particular area used for or associated with a specific individual or activity: country, district, region, terrain. Slang turf. See territory.
3. A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest: area, arena, bailiwick, circle, department, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, world. Slang bag. See territory.

1. In ecology, the living space of an animal which it will defend from the forays of other territorial animals. Animals need space in which to reproduce and their territory can be some or all of the following: a source of food, a source of mates, and a breeding area. When many individuals of a species divide an area into territories, the divisions may be spaces of relatively similar size. If all the available space is taken up, then the size of the population is at a maximum. The consequence of territoriality is to set a limit to population, but this consequence is a side-effect; territoriality is not a population control device.

2. A socially constructed division of space. A ‘national territory’—the area of land seen to be inhabited by a nation—is based on claims to a particular space, usually backed up by references to ‘history (whether actual or “invented”)…[and] central to the nation's being’ (Storey, Geography 87). Within this national territory, landscape elements, together with specific sites, take on a deep symbolic significance (see iconography).

A part of a country separated from the rest and subject to a particular juris- diction.

The term territory has various meanings in different contexts. Generally, the term refers to a particular or indeterminate geographical area. In a legal context, territory usually denotes a geographical area that has been acquired by a particular country but has not been recognized as a full participant in that country's affairs. In the United States, Guam is one example of a territory. Though it is considered a part of the United States and is governed by the U.S. Congress, Guam does not have full rights of statehood, such as full representation in Congress or full coverage under the U.S. Constitution.

The term territory is also used in the law to describe an assigned area of responsibility. A salesperson, for example, may work in a cer- tain area. A salesperson's territory may be legally significant in a contract case. Assume that Sally has agreed to sell widgets on commission in a specific territory on the condition that no other seller from the widget supplier will do business in that territory. If the supplier arranges for another seller to encroach on Sally's territory, Sally may take legal action against the supplier.

See: territories of the United States.

A territory (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land') is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, state or country subdivision.

• Territory (country subdivision) a legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government.
  • Territories of Canada, an administrative subdivision of Canada
  • Territories as administrative subdivisions of the United States:
    • Unorganized territory (in USA and Canada)
    • Organized territory
    • Incorporated territory
  • British overseas territory
  • Overseas territory (France)

• Territory (animal) a geographical area defended by an animal against others of the same species (and occasionally of other species)

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Common misspelling(s) of territory

• terriory

Dansk (Danish)
n. - territorium, område

idioms:

• comes with the territory    uanset om man vil eller ej, hører med

Nederlands (Dutch)
grondgebied, territorium, terrein risico van het vak, hoort erbij

Français (French)
n. - territoire, (Pol) territoire, secteur, domaine, (US, Sport) camp

idioms:

• comes with the territory    fait partie du boulot/de l'affaire, se situe dans la région

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gebiet, Staatsgebiet, Hoheitsgebiet, Territorium, Reisegebiet, Revier

idioms:

• comes with the territory    gehört dazu

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (πάτριο) έδαφος, επικράτεια, (γεωγραφική) περιοχή, διοικητική διαίρεση (χώρας), διαμέρισμα

idioms:

• comes with the territory    είναι αναπόσπαστο τμήμα (της δουλειάς κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
territorio

idioms:

• comes with the territory    fa parte dell'insieme

Português (Portuguese)
n. - território (m), terra (f), ramo (m) de ciência

idioms:

• comes with the territory    vêm com o território

Русский (Russian)
территория

idioms:

• comes with the territory    принять что-л. как естественное

Español (Spanish)
n. - territorio, terreno, campo, región, zona, dominio, sector, esfera

idioms:

• comes with the territory    consecuencia natural, parte del trato

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - territorium, landområde

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
领土, 版图, 领地

idioms:

• comes with the territory    ...就是这个样子

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 領土, 版圖, 領地

idioms:

• comes with the territory    ...就是這個樣子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영토 , 지역, 관할 구역

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 領土, 地域, 受け持ち区域, 準州, 領域

idioms:

• comes with the territory    予想する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منطقه, مقاطعه, اقليم محسوبا مع ألأقليم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חבל-ארץ, טריטוריה, שטח-אדמה, תחום‬

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