How to spell territory

hear itter·ri·to·ry/'tɛrɪ,toʊri/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: An area of land that an animal defends against others.

In a sentence: The lion roared to protect its territory.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double r. Often misspelled as teritory or territery.

Same family: territories, territorial, territorially, territoriality, territorialism. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Territory” comes from the Latin word “territorium,” which referred to land around a town, from “terra” meaning “earth” or “land.” The same Latin root also appears in words like “terrain” and “terrestrial.”

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