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Territory

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mandatenounAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
territorial dominionnouna region marked off for administrative or other purposes
colonynounA group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
districtnounAn administrative division of an area.
dominionnounPower or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
provincenounAn administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.

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provincenounAn administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
districtnounAn administrative division of an area.
colonynounA group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
mandatenounAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
dominionnounPower or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
territorial dominionnouna region marked off for administrative or other purposes
countrynounThe territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
territorialnounOf, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
territorialitynounA pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
regionnounAny considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
regionalnounAn entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
realmnoun(also figurative) A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.
territoriallyIn terms of territory.
republicnounA state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
localnounA person who lives in or near a given place.
homelandnounThe country that one regards as home.
neighborhoodnounThe residential area near one's home.
jurisdictionnounThe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
unionnoun(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
homenounOne’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.

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