Northern Territory
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- proper noun
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Territorio del Norte
- Outcomes also worsened for males in the Northern Territory.
- Australia's Northern Territory
Examples
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In 1976, the Aboriginal Land Rights Act for the Northern Territory returned Arnhem Land to its traditional owners.
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A total eclipse of the sun begins at local sunrise just east of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
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You see, the Northern Territory is wilderness.
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Last month this guy in the Northern Territory was attacked by a crocodile.
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I'm from Walkabout Creek in the Northern Territory.
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The Northern Territory is home to the biggest population of saltwater crocodiles in the world, spread throughout several large tidal river systems.
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The largest city in the Northern Territory is Darwin.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional geographic name: 'northern' (in the north) + 'territory' (land governed), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it denotes a territory located in the north. They might not know the precise political status as an Australian federal jurisdiction, but the basic referential meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Northern Territory is a simple map description. Northern shows it is in the north of Australia and Territory means land controlled by the country's government rather than a 'state', so the name points to that large northern region.