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union territory

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An administrative division of India that is ruled directly by the federal government, as opposed to a state or province.

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  • Assamese: কেন্দ্ৰীয় শাসিত অঞ্চল (kendri xaxit oñsol) — an administrative division of India
  • Bengali: কেন্দ্রশাসিত অঞ্চল (kendrośaśito oncol) — an administrative division of India
  • Bhojpuri: संघ राज्यक्षेत्र (saṅgh rājyakṣētra) — an administrative division of India
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聯邦屬地 /联邦属地 (liánbāng shǔdì) — an administrative division of India
  • Gujarati: કેન્દ્રશાસિત પ્રદેશ (kendraśāsit pradeś) — an administrative division of India
  • Hindi: केंद्रशासित प्रदेश (kendraśāsit pradeś) — an administrative division of India
  • Japanese: 連邦直轄領 (renpō chokkatsu-ryō) — an administrative division of India
  • Kannada: ಕೇಂದ್ರಾಡಳಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ (kēndrāḍaḷita pradēśa) — an administrative division of India
  • Maithili: केन्द्र शासित प्रदेश (kēndra śāsit pradēś) — an administrative division of India
  • Malayalam: കേന്ദ്രഭരണപ്രദേശം (kēndrabharaṇapradēśaṁ) — an administrative division of India
  • Marathi: केंद्रशासित प्रदेश (kendraśāsit pradeś) — an administrative division of India
  • Nepali: केंद्र शासित प्रदेश (kendra śāsit pradeś) — an administrative division of India
  • Portuguese: território da união — an administrative division of India
  • Punjabi: ਕੇਂਦਰ ਸ਼ਾਸਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ (kendar śāsit prdeś) — an administrative division of India
  • Russian: сою́зная террито́рия (sojúznaja territórija) — an administrative division of India
  • Spanish: territorio de la unión — an administrative division of India
  • Tamil: ஒன்றியப் பகுதி (oṉṟiyap pakuti) — an administrative division of India
  • Tamil: யூனியன் பிரதேசம் (yūṉiyaṉ piratēcam) — an administrative division of India
  • Telugu: కేంద్రపాలిత ప్రాంతము (kēndrapālita prāntamu) — an administrative division of India
  • Tulu: ಕೇಂದ್ರಾಡಳಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಸೊಲು (kēndrāḍaḷita pradēsolu) — an administrative division of India
  • Urdu: یونین علاقہ (yūniyan ilāqa) — an administrative division of India
  • Welsh: tiriogaeth undebol — an administrative division of India