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ter·ri·to·ri·al

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–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to territory or land.

2.	of, pertaining to, associated with, or restricted to a particular territory or district; local.

3.	pertaining or belonging to the territory of a state or ruler.

4.	(of an animal) characterized by territoriality; defending an area against intruders, esp. of the same species.

5.	(often initial capital letter) of or pertaining to a territory of the U.S.

6.	(initial capital letter) Military. organized on a local basis for home defense: the British Territorial Army.

–noun

7.	(initial capital letter) a member of the British Territorial Army.

8.	a soldier in a territorial army.

[Origin: 1615–25; < LL territōriālis. See territory, -al¹

]

—Related forms

ter·ri·to·ri·al·ly, adverb

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ter·ri·to·ri·al Audio Help (těr'ĭ-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of or relating to the geographic area under a given jurisdiction: the territorial limits of a country.
Relating or restricted to a particular territory; regional: a territorial court.
often Territorial Of or relating to an administrative territory: the territorial government of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Whitehorse, the territorial capital of the Yukon.
often Territorial Organized for national or home defense: the British Territorial Army.
Biology Displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders: territorial behavior; a territorial species.

n. also Territorial
A member of a territorial army.

ter'ri·to'ri·al·ly adv.

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territorial
adjective
1.	of or relating to a territory; "the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country"
2.	displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds" [ant: nonterritorial]
3.	belonging to the territory of any state or ruler; "territorial rights" [ant: exterritorial]
noun
1.	nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
2.	a territorial military unit

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ˌterriˈtorial [-ˈtoː-] adjective

of or belonging to (especially national) territory
Example: territorial rights/claims

Arabic:	إقْليمي، مُتَعَلِّق بالأرْض
Chinese (Simplified):	领土的
Chinese (Traditional):	領土的
Czech:	územní
Danish:	territorial
Dutch:	territoriaal
Estonian:	territoriaalne
Finnish:	alue-
French:	territorial
German:	territorial
Greek:	εδαφικός
Hungarian:	területi
Icelandic:	yfirráðasvæðis-
Indonesian:	teritorial
Italian:	territoriale

Japanese:	領土の
Korean:	영토의
Latvian:	teritorijas-; teritoriāls
Lithuanian:	teritorinis
Norwegian:	lande-, territorial(-)
Polish:	terytorialny
Portuguese (Brazil):	territorial
Portuguese (Portugal):	territorial
Romanian:	teritorial
Russian:	территориальный
Slovak:	územný
Slovenian:	ozemeljski
Spanish:	territorial
Swedish:	territoriell, territorial-
Turkish:	bölgesel

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Territorial

Ter`ri*to"ri*al\, a. [L. territorialis: cf. F. territorial.]

1. Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.

2. Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial.

3. Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.

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