territory

territory is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
2. noun. 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. noun. 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.
4. noun. an area of knowledge or interest

   "his questions covered a lot of territory"

5. noun. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

   "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

   Synonyms: soil

6. noun. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

   Synonyms: district, dominion

Synonyms

soil, district, dominion

Common word forms

territoried, territories

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