territorial dispute

American  

[ter-i-tawr-ee-uhl-di-spyoot] / ˌtɛr ɪˈtɔr i əl dɪˈspyut /

noun

plural

territorial disputes

1. a dispute or conflict over possession of a particular territory.

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Example Sentences

The markets did not see Greenland as a territorial dispute.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Japan has its own territorial dispute with China over a cluster of uninhabited islands called the Senkakus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Many people in Western Sahara hope Morocco's long-discussed autonomy plan for the area -- now backed by the UN Security Council -- will accelerate development and end the half-century-long territorial dispute.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Mr. Marcos is adding a new intensity to his muscular foreign policy at a critical moment in his country’s territorial dispute with Beijing.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024

The immediate cause of precipitation––not the cause of the war, for that lay deeper––was the territorial dispute over the Ft.

From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold