disputed · border · invasion · surrender · exile · refugees · reconquest · partition · frontier · colonized · sovereignty · retreat · defeat · liberation · nostalgic · ancestral · fallen · seized
IDEA.org / Words / lost territory
Related — reclaimed (Taken back; salvaged); conquered (Defeated and took control); annexed (Incorporated into one's domain); ceded · occupied · disputed · border · invasion · surrender · exile · refugees · reconquest · partition
territorial possessionlost territory ≠ annexed territory Region taken and incorporated; territorial expansion · occupied territory
military/political outcomelost territory ≠ spoils of war Seized enemy valuables; conquered lands
territorial statuslost territory ≠ sovereign territory Land under autonomous control; homeland · heartland
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/lost_territory