<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>territories.</li><li>any tract of land; region or district.</li><li>the land and waters belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a state, sovereign, etc.</li><li>any separate tract of land belonging to a state.</li><li>(often initial capital letter) Government. a region or district of the U.S. not admitted to the Union as a state but having its own legislature, with a governor and other officers appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.</li><li>some similar district elsewhere, as in Canada and Australia.</li><li>a field or sphere of action, thought, etc.; domain or province of something.</li><li>the region or district assigned to a representative, agent, or the like, as for making sales.</li><li>the area that an animal defends against intruders, especially of the same species.</li></ul>