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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdefensa territorial
Pronunciation / Transliteration: de-fen-sa te-rri-to-rial
"Las fuerzas armadas se enfocan en la defensa territorial."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Military strategies, forces, or operations organized to protect a specific nation's borders and territory from external aggression.
"The country mobilized its territorial defense forces to secure the northern border." - 2
In biology and ethology, the behavioral mechanisms by which an animal defends its home range or territory against intruders of the same or different species.
"Bird song plays a crucial role in avian territorial defense."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'territorial' (from Latin 'territorium', meaning land under the jurisdiction of a town or state) and 'defense' (from Latin 'defendere', meaning to ward off or protect). The compound term emerged prominently in 20th-century geopolitical and military lexicon to describe organized armed resistance or military forces specifically designated to protect a nation's sovereign borders.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Territorial defense" is said worldwide
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défense territoriale
Transliteration: dey-fahns teh-ri-to-ryal
"La défense territoriale est primordiale pour la sécurité nationale."
Territorialverteidigung
Transliteration: te-ri-to-ri-al-fer-tai-di-gung
"Die Territorialverteidigung schützt die Landesgrenzen."
difesa territoriale
Transliteration: di-fe-za ter-ri-to-ria-le
"Il piano di difesa territoriale è stato aggiornato."
defensa territorial
Transliteration: de-fen-sa te-rri-to-rial
"Las fuerzas armadas se enfocan en la defensa territorial."
defesa territorial
Transliteration: de-fe-za te-ri-to-ri-aw
"A defesa territorial é uma prioridade estratégica."
क्षेत्रीय रक्षा
Transliteration: kshetriya raksha
"देश की क्षेत्रीय रक्षा के लिए नए उपाय किए गए हैं।"
领土防御
Transliteration: lǐngtǔ fángyù
"国家加强了边境的领土防御。"
영토 방위
Transliteration: yeongto bangwi
"군은 철저한 영토 방위 태세를 유지하고 있다."
国土防衛
Transliteration: kokudo bōei
"自衛隊は国土防衛の任務を担っている。"
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