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 Translation for 'sovereign territory' from English to French
NOUN   a sovereign territory | sovereign territories
géogr.pol.
territoire {m} [d'État]
sovereign territory
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hist.pol.
seigneur {m} (féodal)
sovereign
souverain {adj}sovereign
souverain {m}sovereign [ruler]
2
hist.pol.
ville {f} souveraine
sovereign city
pol.
mouvement {m} des citoyens du Reich
sovereign citizen movement
monnaie
souverain {m} [pièce en or anglaise]
sovereign [gold coin]
pol.
souveraine {f}
sovereign [female] [ruler]
territoire {m}territory
mil.
territoire {m} conquis
conquered territory
géogr.hist.pol.
territoire {m} de Memel
Memel Territory
géogr.hist.pol.
région {f} de Klaipėda
Memel Territory
mil.
terre {f} hostile
enemy territory
adm.géogr.pol.
France {f} d'outre-mer
French overseas territory
fief {m} [espace]territory [usual haunt]
mil.
pénétrer en territoire ennemi
to penetrate enemy territory
mil.
pénétrer en territoire ennemi
to enter enemy territory
piétiner les plates-bandes de qn. [fig.] [fam.]to encroach on sb.'s territory
marcher sur les plates-bandes de qn. [fig.] [fam.]to encroach on sb.'s territory
pol.
mainmise {f} de l'état sur un territoire
state seizure of a territory
piétiner les plates-bandes de qn. [fam.]to muscle in on sb's territory [coll.]
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Usage Examples English
  • After the War of 1812, the sovereign territory known as Akwesasne was bisected in two when the United States and Great Britain drew a line on a map, creating today's northern border between New York state and Canada.
  • Contrary to popular belief, diplomatic missions do not generally enjoy full extraterritorial status and are not sovereign territory of the represented state.
  • Historically, in the British Empire (most of which would become the Commonwealth) high commissioners were envoys of the Imperial government appointed to manage protectorates or groups of territories not fully under the sovereignty of the British Crown, while Crown colonies (which were British sovereign territory) would normally be administered by a Governor and the most significant possessions, large confederations and the independent Commonwealth Dominions would be headed by a Governor-General.
  • They retain modern roles as well as "several acres of sovereign territory a nation can move about at will", which allows greater flexibility in diplomacy as well as military affairs.
  • Initially, Iraq ran the occupied territory under a puppet government known as the "Republic of Kuwait" before proceeding with an outright annexation in which Kuwaiti sovereign territory was split, with the "Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District" being carved out of the country's northern portion and the "Kuwait Governorate" covering the rest.

  • The disputed region of Abkhazia is claimed by Georgia as part of its sovereign territory, but it has been entirely outside Georgia's effective control (and ruled instead by a "de facto" separatist government) since the early 1990s.
  • Guantanamo was chosen because, although it is under the "de facto" control of the United States administration, it is not a sovereign territory of the United States, and a previous Supreme Court ruling "Johnson v.
  • Contrary to popular belief, diplomatic missions sometimes do not enjoy full extraterritorial status and are generally not sovereign territory of the represented state.
  • After the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire following a lengthy campaign by Turks as part of the Turkish War of Independence against both the Allied Powers and the Ottoman court, the Republic of Turkey was created in 1923 by the Treaty of Lausanne, which established most of the modern sovereign territory of Turkey and restored the straits to Turkish territory, with the condition that Turkey keep them demilitarized and allow all foreign warships and commercial shipping to traverse the straits freely.
  • In the sovereign Holy See, with the Vatican City as sovereign territory, the members of the College of Cardinals under the age of 80 elect the pope in a papal conclave.

  • It was held as part of Germany's sovereign territory.
  • creating the State of the Vatican City, forming the sovereign territory of the Holy See, which was also indemnified to some degree for loss of territory.
  • Czech civil institutions were preserved but the Protectorate was considered within the sovereign territory of Germany.
  • He said while he wanted a peaceful solution, the resolution's meaning "seems to be of a negotiated settlement or compromise between two incompatible positions—between the position which exists in international law, that the Falkland Islands and their dependencies are British sovereign territory and some other position altogether ...
  • The deployment was in response to the dictator Saddam Hussein's invasion of the sovereign territory of Kuwait, claiming it to rightfully belong to Iraq.

  • China protested the arrest, as it claims the islands as part of its sovereign territory, and demanded the unconditional release of the captain.
  • They could sell them at a lower price and tax-free to non-Natives, as their reservation is sovereign territory and they need not pay state taxes from their businesses.
  • It is named after the Vatican City, the Holy See's sovereign territory enclaved within Rome, Italy.
  • In its widely-used application, the term refers to where criminal acts were committed outside the sovereign territory of a prosecuting state.
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