1 connected with the land or sea that is owned by a particular country:
territorial gains / disputes * Both countries feel they have territorial claims to (= have a right to own) the islands.
2 (technical) (of animals, birds, etc.) guarding and defending an area of land that they believe to be their own:
territorial instincts * Cats are very territorial.
territoriality noun [U]:
the instinctive territoriality of some animals
territorially adverb:
The country was trying to expand territorially.
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