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overseas territory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
over-seas ter-ri-to-ry
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A country or other territory that is politically controlled by another that is located far away.

noun

A more specific status legally defined under a constitution for one or more of the above territories.

Inflected Forms

overseas territories (plural)

Phrases

British overseas territory

Questions

What does overseas territory mean?
A country or other territory that is politically controlled by another that is located far away.

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