sovereign land
Self-governing country area
Sovereign land is territory under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of an independent state or nation.
The term emphasizes that no outside power has authority over the area: The tribe's reservation is sovereign land, not subject to state law.
It appears in discussions of borders, indigenous rights, and international disputes over territorial claims.
- bordersLines separating regions
- border disputeDisagreement over territorial limits
- territorial watersSovereign coastal sea zone
- natural resourcesUseful substances from nature
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
autonomy · self-determination · treaty · indigenous rights · ancestral homeland · territory · stewardship · heritage · demarcation · sacred sites · sacred ground · governance · cultural preservation · enclave · nation-state · homeland · identity · boundary
- territoryterritory, region, domain, realm, dominion
- tribal landsreservations, tribal territory, ancestral homeland, homeland, tribal nation
- land typespark, croplands, reserve, rangelands, forest
- reservationsreservation, booking, hotel reservation, room reservation, table reservation
- HaudenosauneeMohawk Nation, Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca
sovereign landcolony
Dependent territorial settlement
protectorate · vassal state · puppet state · occupied territory · tributary state
sovereign landno man's land
Unowned space between enemies
international waters · contested territory · disputed territory · occupied zone · buffer zone
sovereign, land, sovereignty, sovereigns, lands, landed, landing, landless, landlord