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possession  dependent territory  Annex to the list of countries  Australian external territories  autonomous territory
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A territory that is controlled by a ruling state WordNet 3.0
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A territory that is controlled by a ruling state WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state, yet remains politically outside the controlling state's integral area. Wikipedia
Territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state Wikidata
A territory under the rule of another country. Wiktionary
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Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions. Wiktionary