Northern Territories

American  

plural noun

1. a former British protectorate in W Africa; now a part of N Ghana.

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Northern Territories British  

plural noun

1. a former British protectorate in W Africa, established in 1897; attached to the Gold Coast in 1901; now constitutes the Northern Region of Ghana (since 1957)

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Example Sentences

As a young father, Craig moved his family to the Northern Territories of Australia, where he wrangled “scrub bulls and buffalo” that had escaped from herds and needed to be sent to market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

In September, smoke from wildfires in the neighboring provinces of British Columbia and the Northern Territories blanketed Fort McMurray, an Albertan city of 68,000 where community centers bear the names of oil companies.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

A video shared on social media shows a 'fiernado' sweeping through Tennant creek in Australia's Northern Territories.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

The Soviet Union seized those islands - known in Russia as the Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories - at the end of the war.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

Auntie Venus had been for almost half a century a vital nursing presence across a swath of the Northern Territories in Canada.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan