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territorial water

territorial water is the singular of territorial waters.

Meaning of territorial waters

Noun

territorial waters pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A country's inland lakes and waterways as well as the portion of its coastal oceans, seas, or other adjoining bodies of water considered to fall within the political boundaries and legal jurisdiction of that country.
    • Her Majesty's Government do not interpret these expressions in any sense derogatory to the sovereign authority of Great Britain in the territorial waters of Newfoundland.1880 December 11, “The Fortune Bay Outrage: Lord Granville's Letter to Minister Lowell”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 Jun 2012

Forms of territorial water

pluralterritorial waters

Questions about territorial water

What is territorial water the singular of?
Territorial water is the singular of territorial waters.

Words near territorial water in the dictionary

  1. territorial matrix
  2. territorial pissing
  3. territorial pissings
  4. territorial sea
  5. territorial seas
  6. territorial water
  7. territorial waters
  8. territorialisation
  9. territorialisations
  10. territorialise
  11. territorialised

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