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overseas territory
noun[ C ]
uk /əʊ.vəˌsiːz ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/ us /oʊ.vɚˌsiːz ˈter.ə.tɔːr.i/
an area that is politically controlled by a country that is far away from it:
The Royal Navy is responsible for defending the UK's home waters and overseas territories.
New Caledonia is a French overseas territory, one of three in the South Pacific.
Compare
crown colony
British citizens do not automatically have the right to live and work in one of Britain's overseas territories.
The National Assembly had no minority members from continental France; it had a few representing overseas territories.
Companies based in British overseas territories such as Bermuda and the Virgin Islands do invest there.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Colonization & self-government
acknowledgement of country
annex
annexation
anti-colonial
anti-colonialism
colony
commonwealth
condominium
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imperially
independence
Independence Day
intercolonial
land acknowledgment
secede
secession
self-determination
self-governing
self-government
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