overseas territory

Noun

Meaning

A country or smaller territory which politically is either an integral part of - or in some dependent (e.g. colonial) relationship with another state, but is geographically separated from that 'mother state' by the sea, without bordering it or its coastal waters

(law) A more specific status legally defined under a constitution for one or more of the above territories

Examples

The UK Overseas Territory of Bermuda, for example, had opened an office in Brussels only after the Brexit referendum. Source: Internet

The British Overseas Territory is something of a graveyard for Antarctica's greatest icebergs. Source: Internet

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