territorial
/ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/US/ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/
territorial adjective: of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
Adjective
territorial (comparative more territorial, superlative most territorial)
- Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
- Of or relating to geography or territory.
- Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality...1918, Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points, pages 6–7
- Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2
- Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
- Displaying territoriality.
Noun
territorial (plural territorials)
- A non-professional member of a territorial army.
- The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.2013, Ira A. Hunt Jr., Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 166
territorial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
territorial in Hindi
- of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory
- अर्ज़ी arzī, क्षेत्रीय kṣetrīya
territorial in Tamil
- இடத்திற்குரிய
territorial in Urdu
- of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory
- اَرْضی arzī
territorial in Bengali
- আঞ্চলিক
More languagesFewer languages
- territorial in Telugu
- ప్రాదేశిక, ప్రాదేశికం
- territorial in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ, ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೀಯ, ಸರಹದ್ದು
- territorial in Tagalog
- lupainin
- territorial in Arabic
- إِقْلِيمِيّ ʔiqlīmiyy
- territorial in Indonesian
- teritorial
- territorial in Persian
- اَرضی arzi, سَرزَمینی sarzamini
- territorial in Thai
- อาณาเขต aa-naa-kèet
- territorial in Vietnamese
- lãnh thổ
Examples of territorial in a sentence
- The boat was found within the territorial waters.
- To concentrate on the bigger picture, I must neglect certain episodes of territorial reform.
- Asking multiple territorial sales teams to share ideas and resources ruffled feathers.
Forms of territorial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more territorial |
| superlative | most territorial |
| Noun | |
| plural | territorials |
Origin of territorial
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.
Words formed from territorial
- antiterritorial
- aterritorial
- biterritorial
- deterritorial
- ethnoterritorial
- exterritorial
- extraterritorial
- infraterritorial
- interterritorial
- intraterritorial
- nonterritorial
- panterritorial
- preterritorial
- subterritorial
- territorial authority
- territorial collectivity
- territorial integrity
- territorialisation
- territorialise
- territorialism
- territorialist
- territorialistic
- territorialization
- territorialize
- territorial justice
- territorially
- territorial matrix
- territorial pissing
- territorial sea
- territorial water
- territorial waters
- triterritorial
- uniterritorial
- unterritorial
Phrases with territorial
Words that rhyme with territorial
- memorial
- monitorial
- accessorial
- arboreal
- categorial
- equatorial
- factorial
- inquisitorial
- pictorial
- sartorial
- senatorial
- tutorial
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- accusatorial
- assessorial
- censorial
- combinatorial
- conspiratorial
- corporeal
- cursorial
- dictatorial
- directorial
- editorial
- enchorial
- epichorial
- executorial
- grallatorial
- imperatorial
- incorporeal
- intracorporeal
- lavatorial
- marmoreal
- multifactorial
- observatorial
- piscatorial
- primorial
- promontorial
- proprietorial
- purgatorial
- rasorial
- responsorial
- saltatorial
- scansorial
- sectorial
- spectatorial
- suctorial
- tectorial
- uxorial
- vectorial
- advertorial
- agitatorial
- amatorial
- ambassadorial
- ambulatorial
- ancestorial
- armorial
- assertorial
- auctorial
- auditorial
- authorial
- boreal
Questions about territorial
- What does territorial mean?
- Territorial means of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
- What is territorial in Hindi?
- Territorial in Hindi is अर्ज़ी (arzī), क्षेत्रीय (kṣetrīya). See Territorial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is territorial?
- Territorial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce territorial?
- Territorial is pronounced /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/ (UK).
Words near territorial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: territorial (page history and authors); territorial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); territorial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); territorial (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); territorial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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