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Free sign upThe phrase "a territory of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a region or area that is under the jurisdiction or control of a particular country or entity.
Example: "Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, which grants it a unique political status."
Alternatives: "a region of" or "an area of".
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Kansas became a territory of the United States in 1854, and Lecompton was named the territorial capital the next year.
It is also, still, a territory of grinding, unfinished war.
With it Taiwan enters a territory of competitive democracy.
The island has been a territory of Australia since 1947.
As enduring monuments to the past, they symbolise a territory of time; as part of a cultural landscape, they symbolise a territory of space.
It's a territory of fallen angels, omnivorous ancestors and all manner of fantastic creatures.
Most of my family has been in south Texas since it was a territory of Mexico.
In a territory of some 1.3 million hectares live 20,000 people: the Wampis.
Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States and Puerto Ricans enjoy US citizenship.
that science is a territory of freedom and friendship in the midst of tyranny and hatred.
Each pair had a territory of four or five square miles.
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