overseas territory
A country or other territory that is politically controlled by another that is located…A country or other territory that is politically controlled by another that is located far away.
» Algeria has no overseas territories.
У Алжира нет заморских территорий. — soweli_Elepanto
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2 sensesA country or other territory that is politically controlled by another that is located far away.
Überseegebiet
замо́рская террито́рияzamórskaja territórija
A more specific status legally defined under a constitution for one or more of the above territories.
Examples
5 sentencesAlgeria has no overseas territories.
ruУ Алжира нет заморских территорий. — soweli_Elepanto
Algeria doesn't have overseas territories.
Western Sahara was an overseas territory of Spain.
Algeria was administered by the French as an overseas territory.
Greenland remains a member of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association of the EU.
Translations
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Forms
plural: overseas territories| Singular | overseas territory |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.