A territory (from the word 'terra', meaning 'land') is a defined area (including land and waters), considered to be a possession of a person, organization, institution, animal, state or country subdivision. The word can mean:
- Territory (administrative division) a legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of another government; which has not been granted the powers of self-government normally devolved to secondary territorial divisions; or both.
- Territories of Canada, administrative subdivisions of Canada with fewer powers of self-government than provinces
- Territories of Australia, administrative subdivisions of Australia constitutionally similar to Canadian territories
- Union Territory, similar administrative subdivisions in India
- Territories as administrative subdivisions of the United States:
- Unorganized territory (in USA and Canada)
- Organized territory
- Incorporated territory
- British overseas territory
- Overseas territory (France)
- Territory of Belfort, a French département that retains its historical name from 1871-1919
- Territory (animal), a geographical area defended by an animal against others of the same species (and occasionally of other species)
- Territorial Army, UK auxiliary or reservist force
- Territorialist School, an Italian school of land use planning
- Territorialism, a Jewish political movement
- "Territory" (song), a song by Sepultura
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