Author: Ар (---.arco.ru)
Date: 09-03-04 12:06
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territory - 14c. , "land under the jurisdiction of a town, state, etc.," from L. territorium "land around a town, domain, district," from terra "earth, land." Sense of "any tract of land, district, region" is first attested 1610. Specific U.S. sense of "organized self-governing region not yet a state" is from 1799.
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