English-Thai Dictionary

territory

N ดินแดน  พื้นที่  din-dan

 

territory

N อาณาเขต  เขต  เขตแดน  area region ar-na-ked

 

territory

N แนวความคิด  nao-kwam-kid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TERRITORY

n.[L. territorium, from terra, earth. ] 1. The extent or compass of land within the bounds or belonging to the jurisdiction of any state, city or other body.
Linger not in my territories.
They erected a house within their own territory.
Arts and sciences took their rise and flourished only in those small territories where the people were free.
2. A tract of land belonging to and under the dominion of a prince or state, lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as the territories of the East India Company; the territories of the United States; the territory of Michigan; Northwest Territory. These districts of country, when received into the union and acknowledged to be states, lose the appellation of territory.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TERRITORY

Ter "ri *to *ry, n.; pl. Territories. Etym: [L. territorium, from terra the earth: cf. F. territoire. See Terrace. ]

 

1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. He looked, and saw wide territory spread Before him -- towns, and rural works between. Milton.

 

2. The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.

 

3. In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

territory

ter ri to ry |ˈterəˌtôrē ˈtɛrəˌtɔri | ▶noun ( pl. territories ) 1 an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state: the government was prepared to give up the nuclear weapons on its territory | sorties into enemy territory. • Zoology an area defended by an animal or group of animals against others of the same sex or species. Compare with home range. • an area defended by a team or player in a game or sport. • an area in which one has certain rights or for which one has responsibility with regard to a particular type of activity: a sales rep for a large territory. • [ with modifier ] land with a specified characteristic: woodland territory. 2 ( Territory ) (esp. in the US, Canada, or Australia ) an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state. 3 an area of knowledge, activity, or experience: the contentious territory of clinical standards | the way she felt now —she was in unknown territory. PHRASES go (or come ) with the territory be an unavoidable result of a particular situation. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin territorium, from terra ‘land. ’ The word originally denoted the district surrounding and under the jurisdiction of a town or city, specifically a Roman or provincial city.

 

Oxford Dictionary

territory

ter ¦ri |tory |ˈtɛrɪt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. territories ) 1 an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state: the government was prepared to give up the nuclear weapons on its territory | [ mass noun ] : sorties into enemy territory. • Zoology an area defended by an animal or group of animals against others of the same sex or species. • an area defended by a team or player in a game or sport. • an area in which one has certain rights or for which one has responsibility with regard to a particular type of activity: don't go committing murders on my territory. • [ mass noun ] [ with adj. or noun modifier ] land with a specified characteristic: woodland territory. 2 ( Territory ) (especially in the US, Canada, or Australia ) an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state. 3 [ mass noun ] an area of knowledge, activity, or experience: the contentious territory of clinical standards | the way she felt now —she was in unknown territory. PHRASES go (or come ) with the territory be an unavoidable result of a particular situation. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin territorium, from terra ‘land ’. The word originally denoted the district surrounding and under the jurisdiction of a town or city, specifically a Roman or provincial city.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

territory

territory noun 1 the island is a U.S. territory: area, area of land, region, enclave; country, state, land, colony, dominion, protectorate, fief, dependency, possession, jurisdiction, holding; section, turf. 2 mountainous territory: terrain, land, ground, countryside. 3 linguistic puzzles are Stina's territory: domain, area of concern /interest /knowledge, province, department, field, preserve, bailiwick, sphere, arena, realm, world.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

territory

territory noun 1 a tiny British territory on the outskirts of eastern Polynesia: area of land, area, region, enclave; country, state, land, dependency, colony, dominion, protectorate, fief, possession, holding; domain, county, district, zone, sector, quarter; soil; archaic demesne. 2 mountainous territory: terrain, land, tract of land, ground, countryside. 3 practically everyone else has been muscling in on my territory lately: domain, area of concern /interest /knowledge, province, department, field, preserve, sphere, arena, realm, world; informal bailiwick, turf. 4 Sheffield was his territory: sphere of operations, area, section, stamping ground; haunts, purlieus; informal turf; Brit. informal patch, manor.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

territory

ter ri to ry /térətɔ̀ːri |-t (ə )ri /〖語源は 「町を取り囲む土地 」〗(形 )territorial 名詞 複 -ries /-z /1 C U 領土 , 領地, 領域 ; C (本土から離れた )領地 〘植民地など 〙▸ Chinese [enemy ] territory 中国 [敵 ]の領地 ▸ US territory ｟掲示 ｠米国領地 (!在日米軍基地の看板などで ) 2 U 〖通例修飾語を伴って 〗地域 (region )▸ unexplored [uncharted ] territory 未開の [地図にない ]地域 3 C ｟米 カナダ 豪 ｠〖しばしばT -〗準州 〘まだstate (州 )の資格を持たない領地 〙.4 U ｟比喩的に ｠(知識 活動などの )範囲, 領域 ▸ new territory for scientists 科学者にとっての新たな領域 5 C U 〘動 〙なわばり .6 U C (販売員 警官などの )受け持ち区域, 管轄地域 .7 C 〘スポーツ 〙陣地 .c ò me [g ò ] with the t é rritory 〈いやな事が 〉つきものである, 当たり前だと考える .