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preterritorial

preterritorial adjective: before the establishment of a territory or territories.

Adjective

preterritorial (not comparable)

  1. Before the establishment of a territory or territories.

Origin of preterritorial

From pre- + territorial.

Questions about preterritorial

What does preterritorial mean?
Preterritorial means before the establishment of a territory or territories.
What part of speech is preterritorial?
Preterritorial is an adjective.

Words near preterritorial in the dictionary

  1. preterperfects
  2. preterpluperfect
  3. preterpluperfects
  4. preterrational
  5. preterrestrial
  6. preterritorial
  7. pretersensual
  8. pretertiary
  9. pretervection
  10. Pretes
  11. pretest

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