different between terracotta vs territory

English

Alternative forms

• terra cotta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t????k?t?/

Noun

terracotta (usually uncountable, plural terracottas)

1. A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
2. A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.

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Adjective

terracotta (not comparable)

1. Of the colour of terracotta.
   • 1892 June 18, F. W. B., Why Paint a Greenhouse White?, in The Garden, volume 41, page 569:

     A dull red or terracotta brown is far better, and sets off the foliage of Palms or Ferns to greater advantage.

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See also

• haniwa
• Xi'an (the Terra Cotta Warriors)
• Appendix:Colors

Italian

Etymology

terra + cotta.

Noun

terracotta f (plural terrecotte)

1. terracotta

Adjective

terracotta (invariable)

1. terracotta (colour)

Anagrams

• tetrarcato

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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