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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin territōrium.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁiˈtɔ.ɾjo/
Noun
território m (plural territórios)
- territory (large extent or tract of land)
- (government) territory (a national subdivision with fewer powers than a state or province)
- territory (area controlled or used by an entity)
- (ecology) territory (area controlled by an individual animal or pack)
- (politics) territory (the land, sea and airspace claimed or controlled by a government)