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territorial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/ (UK)
  • (Canada) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.

Meanings

  1. Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
  2. Of or relating to geography or territory.
    • Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into. 1918, Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points, pages 6–7:
    • Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc. 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2:
  3. (capitalized, often) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
  4. Displaying territoriality.

Forms

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most territorial Degree=Sup lexicographic
more territorial Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

territorialist · triterritorial · territorial sea · extraterritorial · unterritorial · territorialistic · territorial authority · interterritorial · deterritorial · territorial pissing · territorial water · intraterritorial · infraterritorial · territorialisation · territorialize · subterritorial · antiterritorial · aterritorial · panterritorial · exterritorial · ethnoterritorial · territorialise · territorially · uniterritorial · preterritorial · territorial matrix · territorialization · territorialism · territorial integrity · biterritorial · territorial collectivity · territorial waters · territorial justice · nonterritorial

Translations (63)

hy տարածքային (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · es territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · km ទឹកដី (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · pl terytorialny (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · be тэрытарыя́льны (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ko 령토 (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · sk teritoriálny (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · tl lupainin (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · lij teritoriâle (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · vi lãnh thổ (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · nl territoriaal (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · fi territoriaalinen (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · uz hududiy (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · hi क्षेत्रीय (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · gl territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · el εδαφικός (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ky аймактык (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · fi alueellinen (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ru территориа́льный (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · hu territoriális (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · nn territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · pt territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · hi अर्ज़ी (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ca territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · nb territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · th อาณาเขต (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · mk територија́лен (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · da territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · sq territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · sk územný (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · et territoriaalne (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · uk територіа́льний (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · sv territoriell (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · de Gebiets- (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · kk аумақтық (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · tr bölge (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · fur teritoriâl (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · sh територијалан (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ar إِقْلِيمِيّ (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ur اَرْضی (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · az ərazi (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · cs teritoriální (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · it territoriale (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · sl teritorialen (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · lo ອານາເຂດ (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · lt teritorinis (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · fa اَرضی (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ro teritorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · cmn 領土 /领土 (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · cs územní (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · nl land(s)- (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · fr territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · bg териториа́лен (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ko 영토 (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ka ტერიტორიული (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · ja 領土 (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · fa سَرزَمینی (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · lv teritoriāls (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · id teritorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · lmo territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · tg территориявӣ (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · sh teritorijalan (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory) · de territorial (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)

territorial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/ (UK)
  • (Canada) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.

Meanings

  1. A non-professional member of a territorial army.
    • The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army. 2013, Ira A. Hunt Jr., Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 166:

Forms

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territorials Number=Plur lexicographic