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The amount of space that a single bird or pair of birds occupies. Territories are often quite large and defended tirelessly by male birds.

A term used by ethologists to describe a region a particular animal stakes out as its own. The territory holder is usually a male, but in some species the territory is held by a mating pair or by a group.

A space that is defended by its occupant. Birds defend their territories by singing, chasing, and, sometimes, dancing.

A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.

In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

A portion of the POSIX** locale that is mapped to the country code for internal processing by the database manager.

In PeopleSoft Sales Incentive Management, hierarchical relationships of business objects, including regions, products, customers, industries, and participants.

A specific area or portion of the Earth's surface; not to be confused with region.

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

a mutually agreed region for you to trade and manufacture in

a rule-governed space

A place where a crayfish lives and claims as its own space

See "Space".