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Plural of territory

regular plural

The plural of territory is territories.

Forms of territory

Singularterritory /ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹi/
Pluralterritories /ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹiz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Territories in a sentence

  • The king endeavored to fly his nation's flag over new territories.From the entry fly
  • Despite installing puppet governments in the marches, the subjects of the empire’s conquered territories were still very conscious of living under heterarchy.From the entry heterarchy
  • Our live stream is available in all territories excluding those listed below, but you can watch the game courtesy of these alternative broadcasters.From the entry courtesy of
  • Few French colonists made inroads into Indian territories, but the British came in waves.2019 [2012], David Treuer, “Chapter 1”, in Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life, Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN. From the entry disaffected
  • Thus a characteriology of walls must be supplemented with an analysis of territories.2018, Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Mattias Kärrholm, Urban Walls. From the entry characteriology

Meaning of territory

  1. noun A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
  2. noun One of three of Canada's federal 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. noun One of three of Australia's federal 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.

Full definition of territory

Questions about the plural of territory

What is the plural of territory?
The plural of territory is territories.
Is territory countable?
Territory is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: territory (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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