"territory" in the noun sense
1. district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
2. territory
an area of knowledge or interest
"his questions covered a lot of territory"
3. territory, soil
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
"American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
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