annexed territory
Forcibly incorporated region
Annexed territory is land that has been formally incorporated into another political entity, typically a nation absorbing neighboring regions through military conquest, treaty, or unilateral declaration.
The term often carries connotations of forced acquisition: Russia's annexed territories in Ukraine, the annexed territory of Crimea.
Distinguished from occupied territory, which implies temporary military control without formal incorporation.
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- occupiedCurrently in use
- claimedStated as fact
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
- land grabRapid territorial acquisition
ceded · colonized · colonial rule · borderlands · frontier · no man's land · disputed · border dispute · sovereign · invasion · expansion · empire · protectorate · vassal · dominion · sphere of influence · enclave · partition
annexed territorysovereign state
Fully independent country
sovereign territory · autonomous region · neutral zone · demilitarized zone · international waters
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