territorial claim
Boundary ownership demand
A territorial claim is an assertion of sovereignty or ownership over a geographic area.
Nations make territorial claims to land, sea, or airspace; individuals or animals claim territory as their own domain.
The term often implies disputed ownership: Both countries have territorial claims to the island.
Claims may be based on history, occupation, treaty, or simply declaration.
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- sphere of influenceZone of dominant authority
- borderOuter edge or limit
- border disputeDisagreement over territorial limits
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
national boundary · land grab · disputed · ownership · conquest · jurisdiction · dominion · occupation · colony · empire · manifest destiny · frontier · treaty · cede · encroachment · staking · landmark · flag
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, government records
- Border Conflictsborder skirmish, Gaza Strip, West Bank, demilitarized zone, ceasefire line
- diplomatic incidentspersona non grata, hostage crisis, border incursion, airspace violation, treaty violation
- territorial expansionexpansion, annexing, colonization, conquest, land grab
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- bordersborder, boundary, border crossing, national borders, boundary line
territorial claimneutral ground
Unbiased meeting space
no man's land · international waters · neutral zone · common ground · public domain
territorial claimopen borders
Unregulated international passage
borderlessness · joint sovereignty · condominium · internationalization
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