Usually means: Area controlled by a group.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. territory: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Territory, territory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. territory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. territory, the Territory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. territory: Vocabulary.com
  6. Territory, territory: Wordnik
  7. territory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. territory: Wiktionary
  9. territory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. territory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. territory: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. territory: Dictionary.com
  13. territory: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. territory: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Territory (Canada), Territory (Ronnie Montrose album), Territory (Two Hours Traffic album), Territory (administrative division), Territory (animal), Territory (country subdivision), Territory (disambiguation), Territory (geographic region), Territory (novel), Territory (song), Territory (subdivision), Territory, The Territory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Territory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. territory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. territory: Rhymezone
  19. territory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. territory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. territory: Free Dictionary
  22. territory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. territory: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. territory: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Territory (animal), Territory (country subdivision), territory: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Territory (animal), territory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Territory (animal), territory: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. territory: Idioms

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)
  2. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Avian Terms For Use in Avian Conservation Biology (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Territory: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
noun:  (Canada) One of three of Canada's federal entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
noun:  (Australia) One of three of Australia's federal entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
noun:  A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
noun:  (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
noun:  (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
noun:  A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
noun:  A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
noun:  A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
noun:  An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.

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