territorial
Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/
  • (America) IPA: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/
Adjective

territorial

  1. Of, relating to or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
  2. 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.
  3. (often, capitalized) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
  4. (biology) Displaying territoriality.
Translations Noun

territorial (plural territorials)

  1. A non-professional member of a territorial army.



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