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ter·ri·to·ri·al
(tĕr′ĭ-tôr′ē-əl)adj.
1. Of or relating to the geographic area under a given jurisdiction: the territorial limits of a country.
2. Relating or restricted to a particular territory; regional: a territorial court.
3. often Territorial Of or relating to an administrative territory: the territorial government of the US Virgin Islands; Whitehorse, the territorial capital of the Yukon.
4. often Territorial Organized for national or home defense: the British Territorial Army.
5. Biology Displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders: territorial behavior; a territorial species.
n. also Territorial
A member of a territorial army.
ter′ri·to′ri·al·ly adv.
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territorial
(ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəl)adj
1. of or relating to a territory or territories
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) restricted to or owned by a particular territory: the Indian territorial waters.
3. local or regional
4. (Military) pertaining to a territorial army, providing a reserve of trained men for use in emergency
ˌterriˈtorially adv
Territorial
(ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəl)n
(Military) a member of a territorial army, esp the British Army's Territorial and Volunteer Reserve
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ter•ri•to•ri•al
(ˌtɛr ɪˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-)adj.
1. of or pertaining to territory or land.
2. of or pertaining to a particular territory or district.
3. (of an animal) characterized by territoriality.
4. (usu. cap.) of or pertaining to a U.S. Territory.
5. (often cap.) organized for home defense: the British Territorial Army.
n. 6. (often cap.) a soldier in a territorial army.
[1615–25; < Late Latin]
ter`ri•to′ri•al•ly, adv.
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Noun | 1. | territorial - nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" home reserve, National Guard - United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either Territorial Army - British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention" |
2. | territorial - a territorial military unit armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" guard - a military unit serving to protect some place or person home reserve, National Guard - United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either Territorial Army - British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain | |
Adj. | 1. | territorial - of or relating to a territory; "the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country" |
2. | territorial - displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms nonterritorial - not displaying territoriality; "a nonterritorial species" | |
3. | territorial - belonging to the territory of any state or ruler; "territorial rights" exterritorial, extraterritorial - outside territorial limits or jurisdiction; "fishing in extraterritorial waters"; "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights" |
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Translations
إقْليمي، مُتَعَلِّق بالأرْض
územní
területi
yfirráîasvæîis-
územný
ozemeljski
territorial
[ˌterɪˈtɔːrɪəl]A. ADJ → territorial
Territorial Army → ejército m de reserva
territorial waters → aguas fpl jurisdiccionales or territoriales
Territorial Army → ejército m de reserva
territorial waters → aguas fpl jurisdiccionales or territoriales
B. N (Brit) → reservista m
TERRITORIAL ARMY
La organización británica Territorial Army o TA es un ejército de reserva formado exclusivamente por voluntarios civiles que reciben entrenamiento militar en su tiempo libre y están disponibles para ayudar al ejército profesional en tiempos de guerra o crisis. Como compensación por sus servicios, los voluntarios reciben una paga. En Estados Unidos el equivalente es la llamada National Guard.
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
territorial
[ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːriəl] adj [dispute, claim, gain] → territorial(e)
(relating to animals) [behaviour] → de défense de son territoire; [animal] → qui a l'instinct de territoire
to have territorial instincts → avoir l'instinct de territoireTerritorial Army n (British) the Territorial Army → l'armée f territorialeterritorial waters npl → eaux fpl territoriales
to have territorial instincts → avoir l'instinct de territoireTerritorial Army n (British) the Territorial Army → l'armée f territorialeterritorial waters npl → eaux fpl territoriales
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
territorial
adj → territorial; territorial sovereignty → Gebietshoheit f; territorial integrity → territoriale Unverletzlichkeit; territorial possessions → Territorialbesitz m; territorial rights → Hoheitsrechte pl; territorial behaviour (of animal) → Revierverhalten nt; a strongly territorial bird → ein Vogel mit ausgeprägtem Territorial- or Revierverhalten
n (esp Brit) Territorial → Soldat m → der Heimatschutztruppe; the Territorials (Brit) → die Heimatschutztruppe
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
territorial
[ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəl]1. adj → territoriale
2. n Territorial (Brit) (soldier) → soldato della milizia territoriale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
territory
(ˈteritəri) – plural ˈterritories – noun1. a stretch of land; a region. They explored the territory around the North Pole.
2. the land under the control of a ruler or state. British territory.
3. an area of interest, knowledge etc. Ancient history is outside my territory.
ˌterriˈtorial (-ˈtoː-) adjective of or belonging to (especially national) territory. territorial rights/claims.
territorial waters the sea close to a country, considered to belong to it.
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