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English
Noun
territorial waters pl (plural only)
- (politics, geography) A country's inland lakes and waterways as well as the portion of its coastal oceans, seas, or other adjoining bodies of water considered to fall within the political boundaries and legal jurisdiction of that country.
1909, Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud, Book 7:You are not merely within territorial waters, but you have invaded a national port.
Translations
belt of coastal waters
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 領海/领海 (zh) (lǐnghǎi)
- Danish: territorialfarvand n, søterritorium n
- Dutch: territoriale wateren n pl
- Finnish: aluevedet pl
- French: mer territoriale (fr) f, eaux territoriales (fr) f pl
- Georgian: ტერიტორიული წყლები (ṭeriṭoriuli c̣q̇lebi)
- German: Küstenmeer n
- Greek: αιγιαλίτιδα ζώνη (el) f (aigialítida zóni), χωρικά ύδατα (el) n pl (choriká ýdata)
- Icelandic: landhelgi f
- Indonesian: perairan wilayah
- Italian: acque territoriali f pl, mare territoriale m
- Japanese: 領海 (ja) (りょうかい, ryōkai)
- Korean: 영해(領海) (ko) (yeonghae)
- Malay: perairan wilayah
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: territorialfarvann (no) n, sjøterritorium n
- Nynorsk: territorialfarvatn n, sjøterritorium n
- Persian: آبهای سرزمینی (âb-hâ-ye sarzamini)
- Polish: wody terytorialne (pl) nvir, morze terytorialne n, wody przybrzeżne nvir
- Romanian: ape teritoriale (ro) f pl
- Russian: территориа́льные во́ды (ru) f pl (territoriálʹnyje vódy)
- Spanish: mar territorial m
- Swedish: territorialvatten (sv) n, territorialhav n
- Tagalog: lupaining dagatan
- Thai: น่านน้ำ (th) (nâan-náam)
- Vietnamese: lãnh hải (vi)
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