ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

paramountcy - the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority

raj - British dominion over India (1757-1947)

sovereignty, reign - royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

suzerainty - the position or authority of a suzerain; "under the suzerainty of..."

administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes

border district, borderland, marchland, march - district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales"

city district - a district of a town or city

congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives

development - a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments"

enclave - an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

goldfield - a district where gold is mined

jurisdiction - in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

mandate, mandatory - a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves

associated state, protectorate - a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty

region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"

possession - a territory that is controllled by a ruling state

trust territory, trusteeship - a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations

Louisiana Purchase - territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada

Palatinate, Pfalz - a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine

Athos, Mount Athos - an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century

Attica - the territory of Athens in ancient Greece

Boeotia - a district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens

Acadia - the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces

Northwest Territories - a territory in northwestern Canada

Nunavut - an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago

Yukon Territory, Yukon - a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s

Northern Territory - a territory in north central Australia

Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Marianas - a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam

Acre - a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

Lake District, Lakeland - a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain

Galloway - a district in southwestern Scotland

Lothian Region - a district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh

East Malaysia - the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo

North Borneo, Sabah - a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo

Sarawak - a region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo

West Malaysia - the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula

Natal - a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean

American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS - a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa

Aragon - a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I)

Castile, Castilla - a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479

Catalonia - a region of northeastern Spain

body politic, nation, res publica, commonwealth, country, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"