trust territory

noun

: a non-self-governing territory placed under an administrative authority by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty. —

Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022 Small, remote Pacific island nations such as Palau, a former U.S. trust territory, make up most of the list. —

Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of trust territory was in 1945

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