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Definition of territory : 1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
2. In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

Synonyms:

commonwealth, circle, rule, politics, bowl, border, niche, enclosure, conservancy, specialty, claim, airspace, the box, clay, dry land, breadbasket, bedding, mandate, subject, department, dirt, habitat, scene, the borderland, rabbit warren, boundary, molehill, dependency, baseline, discipline, dominion, corridor, stain, grime, turf, line, soil, earth, lair, crease, belt, protectorate, den, AstroTurf, sphere, Co., territorial dominion, world, orbit, township, bleachers, grunge, arena, court, lodge, alley, filth, burrow, bag, the bench, conservation area, nest, grease, terrain

measure, range, dimension, scope, space, reach, length, plateau, stretch, extent, neighborhood, room, span, leeway, scale, volume, field, acreage, plane

domain, area, sector, patch, section, region, district, rood, hectare, acre, zone

holding, effects, wealth, land, realm, possession, empire, property, kingdom, acquisition, worth

goods, manor, belongings, real estate, realty, possessions, fixtures, legacy, stock, chattel, ground, principal, resources, farm, ranch, title, estate, assets, inheritance

circuit, earldom, dukedom, lot, division, province, country, municipality, locality, place, riding, commonweal, town, precinct, bailiwick, parcel, city, tract, plot, colony, canton, beat, quarter, Shire, nation, state, county, borough, duchy

Usage examples:

• A British trader has been deliberately murdered in his territory, near his own residence, and under his protection, and no steps have been taken to punish the murderers. - "The Settler and the Savage", R.M. Ballantyne.
• " I was in a territory I guess I've hunted plenty. - "The Heart of Unaga", Ridgwell Cullum.
• I suppose we shall have war, Mr. Lennox, but doesn't it seem strange that England and France should fight about American territory, when there's so much of it? - "The Hunters of the Hills", Joseph Altsheler.