territorial
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.
Pronunciation Adjectiveterritorial
- Of, relating to
or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory. - Of or relating to geography or territory.
- 1918, Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074797914;view=1up;seq=8], pages 6–7:
- 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.
- (often, capitalized) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
- (biology) Displaying territoriality.
- French: territorial
- German: territorial, Gebiet
- Italian: territoriale
- Portuguese: territorial
- Russian: территориа́льный
- Spanish: territorial
territorial (plural territorials)
- A non-professional member of a territorial army.
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