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Definition: Territorial Waters |
Territorial WatersNoun1. The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Law | Strip of water between coastline and open sea having a maximum width of 12 miles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Territorial WatersSynonyms: Maritime zones, Six-mile limit, Three-mile limit, Twelve-mile limit, Two hundred-mile limit. (additional references) |
| Antonym: high sea (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Territorial Waters |
| English words defined with "territorial waters": high sea, High seas ♦ international waters ♦ three-mile limit ♦ U.S., U.S. waters, United States waters. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "territorial waters": coast fishery ♦ inshore fishery, inshore fishing ♦ NATO airspace ♦ restricted area. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As regards sea fishing, maritime coasting trade, and maritime towage, vessels of the Allied and Associated Powers shall enjoy, in German territorial waters, the treatment accorded to vessels of the most favoured nation. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The company is a joint venture between the Saudi Government and Japan's Petroleum Trading Company, and its concession covers the offshore area outside the territorial waters limit of the Saudi-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone. The company operates four offshore oil fields with 222 oil wells, and a crude oil refinery at Khafji. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Australia | In these cases, naval vessels effected rescues but did not allow the rescued persons to land or enter territorial waters. (references) |
Australia | During the year, ships carrying would-be asylum seekers were denied permission to enter the country's ports (or territorial waters). (references) | |
Australia | In some cases, the would-be asylum seekers reportedly took actions designed to force the Government to allow them to enter the country's territorial waters and to land, such as jumping overboard or setting fire to their ships. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | The Coast Guard has four patrol craft for search-and-rescue missions and surveillance of territorial waters. (references) |
Micronesia | Foreign commercial fishing fleets pay over $20 million annually for the right to operate in FSM territorial waters. (references) | |
Seychelles | Earnings are growing annually from licensing fees paid by foreign trawlers fishing in Seychelles' territorial waters. (references) | |
Political Economy | Singapore | The police are responsible for routine security within the country and for the protection of the borders, including action against illegal immigrants and patrolling the island's territorial waters. (references) |
Australia | This effort followed an incident in August in which a Norwegian freighter carrying rescued individuals who wished to seek asylum was denied permission to land in the country after entering territorial waters around Christmas Island. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "territorial waters"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ujëra territoriale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المياه الأقليمية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 海域 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tolvmilezone (twelve-mile zone), territorialfarvand (twelve-mile zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | twaalf-mijlszone (twelve-mile zone), territoriale wateren (twelve-mile zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aluevedet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | zone de 12 milles, eaux territoriales, eau territoriale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hoheitsgewässer (territorial water, twelve-mile zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χωρικά νερά, αιγιαλίτιδα ζώνη (coastal zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felségvizek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zona delle 12 miglia (twelve-mile zone), acque territoriali (twelve-mile zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 海 , 水 , 専管水域 (waters under one's jurisdiction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"か"すいいき (waters under one's jurisdiction), りょうすい, りょうかい (agreement, comprehension, consent, roger, understanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erritorialtay atersway águas territoriais (twelve-mile zone). (various references) территориальные воды, территориальная вода. (various references) aguas territoriales (twelve-mile zone). (various references) karasuları (water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-i-l-o-r-r-r-r-s-t-t-t-w" | |
-5 letters: territorials. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 72 72 69 74 6F 72 69 61 6C 57 61 74 65 72 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01110010 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010111 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e r r i t o r i a l   W a t e r s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0072 0072 0069 0074 006F 0072 0069 0061 006C 0057 0061 0074 0065 0072 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54718484758681847567782576786718485 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Historic | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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