different between extraterritorial vs territory

English

Etymology

From extra- +? territorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.st???t?.???t??.?i.?l/

Adjective

extraterritorial (not comparable)

1. Of a section of territory: not subject to the laws of the local country.

Related terms

• extraterritoriality

Catalan

Etymology

From extra- +? territorial.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /??ks.t??.t?.ri.to.?i?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /??ks.t??.t?.ri.tu.?i?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /??ks.t?a.te.ri.to.?i?al/

Adjective

extraterritorial (masculine and feminine plural extraterritorials)

1. extraterritorial

French

Etymology

From extra- +? territorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.st?a.t?.?i.t?.?jal/

Adjective

extraterritorial (feminine singular extraterritoriale, masculine plural extraterritoriaux, feminine plural extraterritoriales)

1. extraterritorial

Derived terms

• extraterritorialité

Spanish

Etymology

From extra- +? territorial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?st?aterito??jal/, [e??s.t??a.t?e.ri.t?o??jal]
• Hyphenation: ex?tra?ter?ri?to?rial

Adjective

extraterritorial (plural extraterritoriales)

1. extraterritorial

English

Etymology

Latin territorium from terra (“the earth”) and -torium (“place of occurrence”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t????t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???t(?)?i/

Noun

territory (countable and uncountable, plural territories)

1. A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
2. (Canada) One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
3. (Australia) One of three of Australia's federated entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
4. A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
5. (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
6. (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
7. A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
8. A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
9. A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
10. An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
    • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

      The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

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