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nouna region marked off for administrative or other purposes
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nounthe geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
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nounan area of knowledge or interesttype of:
Definition that contains territory
- land territory over which rule or control is exercised
- domain territory over which rule or control is exercised
- principality territory ruled by a prince
- princedom territory ruled by a prince
- demesne territory over which rule or control is exercised
- louisiana purchase territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada