Noun

territories

1. Plural form of territory.

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

• Territory (administrative division) a legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of another government; which has not been granted the powers of self-government normally devolved to secondary territorial divisions; or both.
  • Provinces and territories of Canada, administrative subdivisions of Canada with fewer powers of self-government than provinces
  • States and territories of Australia, administrative subdivisions of Australia constitutionally similar to Canadian territories
  • Union Territory, similar administrative subdivisions in India
  • Territories as administrative subdivisions of the United States:
    • Unorganized territory (in USA and Canada)
    • Territories of the United States
  • British overseas territories
  • Overseas territory (France)
  • Territoire de Belfort, a French département that retains its historical name from 1871-1919
• Territory (animal), a geographical area defended by an animal against others of the same species (and occasionally of other species)
• Territoriality (nonverbal communication), a term associated with nonverbal communication that refers to how people use space to communicate ownership/occupancy of areas and possessions
• Spraying (animal behavior) (territorial marking)
• Territorialist School, an Italian school of land use planning
• "Territory" (song), a song by Sepultura
• "Territory" (band)
• The Territory, a 1981 Portuguese film