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Northern Territories

Northern Territories proper noun: a group of islands administered by Russia, claimed by Japan.

Proper noun

the Northern Territories pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A group of islands administered by Russia, claimed by Japan.
    • The Soviet leaders traditionally saw their occupation of the Northern Territories as legitimized, among other things, by the 1944 Yalta agreement between the USSR and three Western powers.1993, Harry Gelman, “Summary”, in Russo-Japanese Relations and the Future of the U.S.-Japanese Alliance, RAND, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page vii
    • The Soviet Union apparently took the U.S.— Japanese political-military alliance quite seriously—probably more seriously than we might imagine. The Soviet Union’s reluctance to return the Northern Territories to Japan, even at the expense of the bilateral relationship, is ascribable to the global...2000, Hiroshi Kimura, “Basic Determinants of Japanese-Soviet Relations”, in Japanese-Russian Relations under Brezhnev and Andropov, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12

Examples of Northern Territories in a sentence

  • (1) The Northern Territories consists of four islands located off the northeast coast of the Nemuro Peninsula of Hokkaido.2001/2002, “Overview of the Issue of the Northern Territories”, in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, archived from the original on 10...
  • The islands, called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kuriles in Russia, were seized by Soviet forces at the end of World War Two, when 17,000 Japanese residents were forced to flee.2017 September 7, “Russian and Japanese leaders 'decisively condemn' North Korean tests”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Sep...

Origin of Northern Territories

Calque of Japanese 北方領土.

Questions about Northern Territories

What does Northern Territories mean?
Northern Territories means a group of islands administered by Russia, claimed by Japan.
How do you use Northern Territories in a sentence?
(1) The Northern Territories consists of four islands located off the northeast coast of the Nemuro Peninsula of Hokkaido.
What part of speech is Northern Territories?
Northern Territories is a proper noun.

Words near Northern Territories in the dictionary

  1. northern storm petrel
  2. northern storm petrels
  3. northern streamers
  4. Northern Sunrise County
  5. Northern Tablelands
  6. Northern Territories
  7. Northern Territory
  8. Northern Thai
  9. northern three-toed jerboa
  10. northern three-toed jerboas
  11. northern tigrina

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