territorial
Americanadjective
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of or relating to territory or land.
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of, pertaining to, associated with, or restricted to a particular territory or district; local.
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pertaining or belonging to the territory of a state or ruler.
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(of an animal) characterized by territoriality; defending an area against intruders, especially of the same species.
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Often Territorial of or relating to a territory of the United States.
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Military. Territorial, organized on a local basis for home defense.
the British Territorial Army.
noun
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Territorial, a member of the British Territorial Army.
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a soldier in a territorial army.
adjective
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of or relating to a territory or territories
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restricted to or owned by a particular territory
the Indian territorial waters
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local or regional
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pertaining to a territorial army, providing a reserve of trained men for use in emergency
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonterritorial adjective
- nonterritorially adverb
- preterritorial adjective
- quasi-territorial adjective
- quasi-territorially adverb
- subterritorial adjective
- territorially adverb
Etymology
Origin of territorial
First recorded in 1615–25; from Late Latin territōriāli; territory, -al 1
Example Sentences
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The entire House and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate are up for grabs in November, along with 39 state and territorial governorships.
From Barron's
Jonson told Sweden's public broadcaster SVT there was probably a "strong link" between the drone and a Russian naval vessel in Sweden's territorial waters in the Oresund Strait, between Sweden and Denmark.
From BBC
Takaichi has vowed that Japan will steadfastly protect its territory, territorial waters and airspace.
From Barron's
"Air operations were conducted within airspace over Philippine territory and its territorial sea, north of Luzon," the Philippine military said in a statement, adding naval vessels had stayed west of the Batanes island chain.
From Barron's
The interior ministry said earlier that the speedboat had entered its territorial waters and was "one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones" on the country's northern coast when it was intercepted.
From BBC
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