A territory (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land') is a defined area (including land and waters), considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, state or country subdivision. The word can mean:

• Territory (country subdivision) a legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government.
  • Territories of Canada, an administrative subdivision of Canada
  • Territories as administrative subdivisions of the United States:
    • Unorganized territory (in USA and Canada)
    • Organized territory
    • Incorporated territory
  • British overseas territory
  • Overseas territory (France)
• Territory (animal) a geographical area defended by an animal against others of the same species (and occasionally of other species)
• Territory (traditional) a geographical area occupied and used by an aboriginal people prior to colonization^[1]
• Territorialist School, an Italian school of land use planning
• Territorialism, a Jewish political movement

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