領りょうTop 20000MeaningsNounSuffix1. territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.)Show all meanings (1 more)Kanji used領territoryPitch accentりょうUsed in vocabulary自じ治ち領りょうself-governing dominionNoun保ほ護ご領りょうprotectorateNoun運うん動どう領りょうmotor areaNoun総そう領りょう息子むすこeldest sonNoun日本にほん領りょうJapanese territoryNoun連れん邦ぽう直ちょっ轄かつ領りょうunion territory (e.g. in India); federal territoryNoun王おう室しつ属ぞく領りょうCrown dependency (of the UK: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man)Noun蘭らん領りょう印度インドDutch East IndiesNoun教きょう皇こう領りょう(former) Papal States; Vatican CityNoun幕ばく府ふ領りょうland under the direct control of the shogunateNoun不ふ法ほう領りょう得とくillegal acquisition; unlawful appropriationNoun直ちょっ轄かつ領りょうterritory under direct jurisdiction; direct holdingNounExamples1この島しまは１９世せい紀きにはフランス領りょうであった。This island belonged to France in the 19th century.