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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries主权领土
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhǔ quán lǐng tǔ
"任何国家都无权侵犯他国的主权领土。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The geographic area, including land, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace, over which a sovereign state exercises absolute and independent authority.
"Any unauthorized incursion into sovereign territory is considered an act of aggression under international law." - 2
An area of land politically controlled by an independent government.
"The treaty guarantees the protection of each nation's sovereign territory from external threats."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'sovereign', derived from Old French 'soverain' (ultimately from Late Latin 'superanus', meaning 'chief' or 'superior'), and 'territory', derived from Latin 'territorium', from 'terra' (earth, land). The compound emerged in modern international law to delineate the specific geographic space over which a state exercises supreme authority and jurisdiction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sovereign territory" is said worldwide
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territoire souverain
Transliteration: tɛʁ.i.twaʁ su.vʁɛ
"L'intégrité du territoire souverain doit être respectée."
hoheitsgebiet
Transliteration: ˈhoːhaɪtsɡəˌbiːt
Script: Hoheitsgebiet
"Das Militär verteidigte das Hoheitsgebiet des Landes."
territorio sovrano
Transliteration: ter.riˈtɔ.rjo soˈvra.no
"Le truppe straniere hanno violato il territorio sovrano."
territorio soberano
Transliteration: te.riˈto.ɾjo soβeˈɾa.no
"Defenderemos cada centímetro de nuestro territorio soberano."
território soberano
Transliteration: te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju su.beˈɾɐ̃.nu
"O navio entrou ilegalmente em águas do território soberano."
संप्रभु क्षेत्र
Transliteration: samprabhu kshetra
"राष्ट्र अपनी संप्रभु क्षेत्र की रक्षा के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है।"
主权领土
Transliteration: zhǔ quán lǐng tǔ
"任何国家都无权侵犯他国的主权领土。"
주권 영토
Transliteration: jug-gwon yeong-to
"우리는 우리의 주권 영토를 수호해야 합니다."
主権領土
Transliteration: shuken ryōdo
"我が国の主権領土は断固として守り抜く。"
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