territorial waters

English

Noun

territorial waters pl (plural only)

1. (politics, geography) A country's inland lakes and waterways as well as the portion of its coastal oceans, seas, or other adjoining bodies of water considered to fall within the political boundaries and legal jurisdiction of that country.
   • 1880 December 11, “The Fortune Bay Outrage: Lord Granville's Letter to Minister Lowell”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 June 2012:

     Her Majesty's Government do not interpret these expressions in any sense derogatory to the sovereign authority of Great Britain in the territorial waters of Newfoundland.

   • 1909, Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud, Book 7:

     You are not merely within territorial waters, but you have invaded a national port.

   • 2009 November 10, Bill Powell, “Before Obama's Visit, a New Clash Between Koreas”, in Time:

     According to the South Korean joint chiefs of staff, a North Korean gunboat ventured about a mile into what Seoul claims is its territorial waters.

Related terms

• coastal waters
• international waters

Translations

belt of coastal waters

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 領海 / 领海 (zh) (lǐnghǎi)

• Danish: territorialfarvand n, søterritorium n
• Dutch: territoriale wateren n pl
• Finnish: aluevedet pl
• French: mer territoriale (fr) f, eaux territoriales (fr) f pl
• Georgian: ტერიტორიული წყლები (ṭeriṭoriuli c̣q̇lebi)
• German: Küstenmeer n
• Greek: αιγιαλίτιδα ζώνη (el) f (aigialítida zóni), χωρικά ύδατα (el) n pl (choriká ýdata)
• Icelandic: landhelgi f
• Indonesian: perairan wilayah
• Italian: acque territoriali f pl, mare territoriale m
• Japanese: 領海 (ja) (りょうかい, ryōkai)
• Korean: 영해(領海) (ko) (yeonghae)
• Malay: perairan wilayah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: territorialfarvann (no) n, sjøterritorium n

  Nynorsk: territorialfarvatn n, sjøterritorium n

• Persian: آب‌های سرزمینی (âb-hâ-ye sarzamini)
• Polish: wody terytorialne (pl) nvir, morze terytorialne n, wody przybrzeżne nvir
• Romanian: ape teritoriale (ro) f pl
• Russian: территориа́льные во́ды (ru) f pl (territoriálʹnyje vódy)
• Spanish: mar territorial m
• Swedish: territorialvatten (sv) n, territorialhav n
• Tagalog: lupaining dagatan
• Thai: น่านน้ำ (th) (nâan-náam)
• Vietnamese: lãnh hải (vi)

References

• “territorial waters”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.