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PRONUNCIATION OF TERRITORIAL WATERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TERRITORIAL WATERS

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Territorial waters is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TERRITORIAL WATERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Territorial waters

Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below. Adjustment of these boundaries is called, in international law, maritime delimitation. The term "territorial waters" is also sometimes used informally to describe any area of water over which a state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and potentially the continental shelf.

Definition of territorial waters in the English dictionary

The definition of territorial waters in the dictionary is the waters over which a nation exercises jurisdiction and control.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TERRITORIAL WATERS

terrify
terrifying
terrifyingly
terrigenous
terrine
Territoire de Belfort
territorial
Territorial and Volunteer Reserve
Territorial Army
territorialisation
territorialise
territorialism
territorialist
territoriality
territorialization
territorialize
territorially
Territorian
territories
territory

WORDS THAT END LIKE TERRITORIAL WATERS

at close quarters
butters
cast one´s bread upon the waters
corporate headquarters
for starters
headquarters
headwaters
hipsters
home waters
letters
Masters
matters
money matters
pairs skaters
Pointers
pour oil on troubled waters
quarters
strong waters
three quarters
waters

Synonyms and antonyms of territorial waters in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «territorial waters» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TERRITORIAL WATERS

Find out the translation of territorial waters to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of territorial waters from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «territorial waters» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

领海
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aguas territoriales
570 millions of speakers

English

territorial waters
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षेत्रीय जल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المياه الإقليمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

территориальные воды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

águas territoriais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আঞ্চলিক জলের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

eaux territoriales
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perairan teritorial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hoheitsgewässer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

領海
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Waters wilayah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lãnh hải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிராந்திய கடல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रादेशिक पाण्याची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karasular
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acque territoriali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wody terytorialne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

територіальні води
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apele teritoriale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χωρικά ύδατα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

territoriale waters
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

territorialvatten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

territorialfarvann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of territorial waters

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TERRITORIAL WATERS»

The term «territorial waters» is regularly used and occupies the 91.700 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of territorial waters
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «territorial waters».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TERRITORIAL WATERS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «territorial waters» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «territorial waters» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about territorial waters

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERRITORIAL WATERS»

Discover the use of territorial waters in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to territorial waters and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jurisdiction over foreign ships in territorial waters
Charles Noble Gregory. such waters than in the littoral sea. Hall, however, takes a different view, and contends, with much force, that there is no reason for any distinction between the immunities of a ship using its right of innocent passage, ...
Charles Noble Gregory, 1904
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The Coastal Environmental Profile of Singapore
Territorial Waters Since the signing of UNCLOS at the end of 1984, the Republic of Singapore no longer enjoys absolute freedom of the high seas. Over the last three decades, coastal states have one after another declared unilaterally the 22  ...
Lin Sien Chia, Habibullah Khan (Ph. D.), L. M. Chou, 1988
3
Greece, Turkey and the Aegean Sea: A Case Study in ...
Turkey further maintains that it perceives that a twelve nautical miles limit of territorial waters by Greece in the Aegean Sea would render it a "Greek Lake." 201 Specifically, the Turkish side argues that the breadth of territorial waters in the ...
Haralambos Athanasopulos, 2001
4
The Territorial Dispute Between Indonesia and Malaysia Over ...
5.1.2 Indonesia's baselines The same interpretation of Indonesian territory was unequivocally demonstrated in 1957, when the Government declared its baselines twelve years before Malaysia issued its Map Showing the Territorial Waters and ...
R. Haller-Trost, 1995
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Introduction to the Constitution of India
20.4 The terms Territorial waters, Continental shelf etc. are well known terms of Intemational Law. In 1954 President T“'f'9s. °f "awe Wmn Truman of the U.S.A. asserted his country's right to territorial waters or , . . , . - cominenm she" em exercise ...
Sharma, Sharma B.k., 2007
6
Exclusive Economic Zone Claims: An Analysis and Primary ...
A. Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1974 Entered into force: April 13, 1974. Source: The Bangladesh Gazette, Extra, Feb. 14, 1974 (Part V, pp. 2334- 2337). B. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Declaration No. LT-I/3/74, April 13, 1974 ACT No ...
Robert W. Smith, 1986
7
The Maritime Zones of Islands in International Law
On the other hand, the earliest trends in the doctrine of archipelagic regimes indicated that the waters enclosed by archipelagic straight baselines were territorial waters.47 Thus, the Preparatory Committee for the 1930 Hague Codification ...
Clive Ralph Symmons, 1979
8
The Law of the Sea: The European Union and Its Member States
Several amendments to the Territorial Waters Act were, however, adopted by Parliament in 1995,5 the most important one being the enlargement, with certain exceptions, of the extent of the territorial sea to 12 n.m. This sets Finland's territorial ...
Tullio Treves, Laura Pineschi, 1997
9
Enduring Territorial Disputes: Strategies of Bargaining, ...
In this study, Krista E. Wiegand examines why some states are willing and able to settle territorial disputes while others are not.
Krista E. Wiegand, 2011
10
The Regime of Islands in International Law
THE ENTITLEMENT OF ISLANDS TO AREAS OF MARITIME JURISDICTION (1) The Territorial Waters of Islands Several early nineteenth century legal pronouncements dealt with the question as to whether islands per se generated their own ...
Hiran Wasantha Jayewardene, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERRITORIAL WATERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term territorial waters is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sweden to investigate claims of 'Russian submarine' wreckage in …
It is unclear how old the submarine is or how long it has been lying in Swedish territorial waters for. While one of the men who took part in the discovery said it ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
113 Vessels Banned From Nigerian Territorial Waters
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that 113 crude oil vessels should be banned from doing business in 27 oil terminals of the Nigerian territorial waters. «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
3
Latvia Spots Russian Sub, Ship Near Territorial Waters
Latvia's military claimed Wednesday that a Russian submarine and naval ship were found lurking near its territorial waters, adding to a lengthy list of similar ... «The Moscow Times, May 15»
4
Uniform fishing ban not applicable within territorial waters
KOCHI: The union government today told the Kerala High Court that the uniform fishing ban imposed by it is not applicable within the territorial waters but in the ... «Economic Times, May 15»
5
Egypt's Foreign Ministry warns fishermen against illegal entry into …
... Foreign Ministry warns fishermen against illegal entry into territorial waters ... against entering regional waters illegally, without prior permission to access, ... «Daily News Egypt, May 15»
6
Latvia Says Russian Naval Ship and Subs Lurking in Its Waters
Latvia's military said on its official Twitter page on Tuesday that a Russian naval ship was on the edge of the country's territorial waters. The ship, identified as a ... «The Moscow Times, Mar 15»
7
Pakistan arrests 46 Indian fishermen and seize their boats for …
Islamabad, March 7: Pakistani authorities have arrested 46 Indian fishermen and seized their boats for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters in the ... «India.com, Mar 15»
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58 Indian fishermen arrested in Pakistan for 'violating territorial waters'
Fifty eight Indian fishermen were arrested on Thursday and their 11 boats seized by Pakistani authorities for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters. «The Indian Express, Dec 14»
9
Sweden confirms foreign submarine violated territorial waters
Sweden's biggest submarine hunt since the dying days of the Soviet Union has put countries around the Baltic Sea on edge, with Latvia's foreign minister calling ... «WJLA, Nov 14»
10
Ireland's territorial waters to be remeasured down to the centimetre
For the first time in almost 60 years the exact measurements of the country's territorial waters, including part of the disputed Rockall Bank, are being taken from ... «Irish Mirror, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Territorial waters [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/territorial-waters>. Apr 2024 ».
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