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How to spell territory

Territory is spelled T-E-R-R-I-T-O-R-Y. The part people get wrong: double R.

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.

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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