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The origins of the word "territory" begin with the Proto-Indo-European root ters ('to dry'). [3] From this emerged the Latin word terra ('earth, land') and later the Latin word territorium ('land around a town'). [4] [5] Territory made its debut as a word in Middle English during the 14th century. At this point the suffix -orium, which denotes ...
province, territory Malaysia: xian/hsien People's Republic of China Taiwan: county země Czech Republic: land (historical) zona Cape Verde: zone (division of freguesia) ziemia Poland: land Zillah Pakistan: district Bangladesh India: župa Slovakia: county (historical) županija Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking) county Croatia: maahaanam
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. [1] Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. [2]: 60 Enclave is sometimes used improperly to denote a territory that is only partly surrounded by another state. [1]
When the Territory of Hawaii was incorporated on April 30, 1900, Palmyra Atoll was incorporated as part of that territory. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, however, an act of Congress excluded the atoll from the state. Palmyra remained an incorporated territory, but received no new, organized government. [10]
thunder run: quick surprise penetration attack deep into enemy territory, designed to confuse and potentially break enemy lines and take a city. Vedette, a mounted sentry or outpost, who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, etc.
A territory is a subdivision of a country having a legal status different from other regions of that country. Territory may also refer to: Box office territory; Sales territory; Territoriality (nonverbal communication), how people use space to communicate ownership/occupancy of areas and possessions
The feudal system, in which the land was owned by a monarch, who in exchange for homage and military service granted its use to tenants-in-chief, who in their turn granted its use to sub-tenants in return for further services, gave rise to several terms, particular to Britain, for subdivisions of land which are no longer in wide use.
The word "country" is also used for the sense of native sovereign territory, such as the widespread use of Indian country in the United States. [13] The term "country" in English may also be wielded to describe rural areas, or used in the form "countryside." Raymond Williams, a Welsh scholar, wrote in 1975: [14]