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noun(ter-ri-to-ry)a geographic area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority
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noun(ter-ri-to-ry)an administrative subdivision of a country
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noun(ter-ri-to-ry)a part of the U.S. not included within any state but organized with a separate legislature
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noun(ter-ri-to-ry)a non-self-governing territory placed under an administrative authority by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations
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noun(ter-ri-to-ry)a centrally administered subdivision of India
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geographical name(ter-ri-to-ry)district of southeastern Australia including two areas, one around Canberra and the other on Jervis Bay, surrounded by New South Wales area 939 square miles (2441 square kilometers), population 356,586
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geographical name(ter-ri-to-ry)islands and territories in the South Atlantic and in Antarctica administered by the British including South Orkney and South Shetland islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, and the Palmer Archipelago
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geographical name(ter-ri-to-ry)British colony in the Indian Ocean comprising the Chagos Archipelago and formerly Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches islands (returned to Seychelles 1976) area 23 square miles (60 square kilometers)
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geographical name(ter-ri-to-ry)former territory in the south central U.S. in the present state of Oklahoma
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geographical name(ter-ri-to-ry)territory of eastern Russia in Asia bordering on China, North Korea, and the Sea of Japan; capital Vladivostok area 64,054 square miles (165,900 square kilometers), population 1,956,497
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geographical name(ter-ri-to-ry)territory of central and northern Australia bordering on the Arafura Sea; capital Darwin area 520,280 square miles (1,347,525 square kilometers), population 211,945
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geographical name(ter-ri-to-ry)former U.S. trust territory comprising the Northern Mariana Islands (until 1978), the Federated States of Micronesia (until 1991), the Marshall Islands (until 1991), and Palau (until 1994)