"overseas territory" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overseas territories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} overseas territory (plural overseas territories)
  1. A country or smaller territory which politically is either an integral part of - or in some dependent (e.g. colonial) relationship with another state, but is geographically separated from that 'mother state' by the sea, without bordering it or its coastal waters Derived forms: British overseas territory Translations (country or smaller territory): 海外領地 (Chinese Mandarin), 海外领地 (hǎiwài lǐngdì) (Chinese Mandarin), overzees gebiedsdeel [neuter] (Dutch), overzees territorium [neuter] (Dutch), territoire d’outre-mer [masculine] (French), TOM [masculine] (French), ზღვისიქითა ტერიტორია (zɣvisikita ṭeriṭoria) (Georgian), Überseegebiet [neuter] (German), tengeren túli terület (Hungarian), 海外領土 (kaigai ryōdo) (Japanese), замо́рская террито́рия (zamórskaja territórija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-overseas_territory-en-noun-LJQH3E2a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'country or smaller territory': 90 10
  2. (law) A more specific status legally defined under a constitution for one or more of the above territories Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-overseas_territory-en-noun-H-ZhpWlG Topics: law

Inflected forms

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