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"territory" in seven languages

Meaningterritory

Spanish

territorio

/teriˈtoɾjo/

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French

territoire

/tɛʁitwaʁ/

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Italian

territorio

/terriˈtɔrjo/

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Portuguese

território

/tehiˈtɔɾiu/

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Romanian

teritoriu

/teriˈtorju/

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Catalan

territori

/təriˈtɔɾi/

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English

territory

/ˈtɛɹɪtɔɹi/

from Latin/French · Latin TERRITŌRIUM

English → ItalianterritoryterritorioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TERRITŌRIUM‘land around a town’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Usually traced to TERRA 'land', the land a town controls. French gave the learned word its usual -oire ending (like histoire).

English relatives: terrain, terrestrial, terrace

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In a sentence

  • esEl país perdió parte de su territorio.
  • frLe pays a perdu une partie de son territoire.
  • itIl paese ha perso parte del suo territorio.
  • ptO país perdeu parte do seu território.
  • roȚara și-a pierdut o parte din teritoriu.
  • caEl país va perdre part del seu territori.
  • enThe country lost part of its territory.

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