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

In Nunavut, one of Canada's three northern territories, the majority-Inuit population speak Inuktitut.

From BBC

"We were practicing the street parties and the haka just to be sure that she was properly welcome to the northern territories," he added.

From BBC

Hunting polar bears, which mostly live in Arctic regions, is legal in Canada's northern territories.

From BBC

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