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Later, the term enclave began to be used also to refer to parcels of countries, counties, fiefs, communes, towns, parishes, etc. that were surrounded by alien territory. This French word eventually entered English and other languages to denote the same concept, although local terms have continued to be used.
province, territory Malaysia: xian/hsien People's Republic of China Taiwan: county země Czech Republic: land (historical) zona Cape Verde: zone (division of freguesia) ziemia Poland: land Zillah Pakistan: district Bangladesh India: župa Slovakia: county (historical) županija Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking) county Croatia: maahaanam
A territory is a subdivision of a country having a legal status different from other regions of that country. Territory may also refer to: Box office territory; Sales territory; Territoriality (nonverbal communication), how people use space to communicate ownership/occupancy of areas and possessions
A sovereign state is a state that has the supreme sovereignty or ultimate authority over a territory. [1] It is commonly understood that a sovereign state is independent. [2] When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may also refer to a constituent country, or a dependent territory. [3] [4] [5]
a synonym of among acceptable in British English while seeming old fashioned or pretentious in American English [15] anorak a hooded coat (US parka); a socially impaired obsessive, particularly trainspotters (US geek, trekkie, otaku, etc.) answerphone an automated telephone-answering machine, from the trademark Ansafone (US & UK answering machine)
The origins of the word "territory" begin with the Proto-Indo-European root ters ('to dry'). [3] From this emerged the Latin word terra ('earth, land') and later the Latin word territorium ('land around a town'). [4] [5] Territory made its debut as a word in Middle English during the 14th century. At this point the suffix -orium, which denotes ...
A word identifying a person or a group of people in relation to a particular place, usually derived from the name of the place (which may be any kind of place, formal or informal, of any size or scale, from a town or city to a region, province, country, or continent) and used to describe all residents or natives of that place, regardless of any ...
Irredentism is one state's desire to annex the territory of another state. This desire can be motivated by ethnic reasons because the population of the territory is ethnically similar or the same to the population of the parent state. [a] Historical reasons may also be responsible, i.e., that the territory previously formed part of the parent ...