Meanings
proper nounthe Northern Territory
- A territory covering northern and north-central Australia. Capital: Darwin.
Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection.
2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2024
Translations
Afrikaans Noordelike Gebied
- Noordelike Gebiedterritory in northern Australia
Arabic مُقَاطَعَة شَمَالِيَّة
- مُقَاطَعَة شَمَالِيَّة (muqāṭaʕa šamāliyya)territory in northern Australia
Basque Ipar Lurraldea
- Ipar Lurraldeaterritory in northern Australia
Bengali উত্তরাঞ্চল
- উত্তরাঞ্চল (uttorancol)territory in northern Australia
Bulgarian Северна територия
- Северна територияterritory in northern Australia
Catalan Territori del Nord
- Territori del Nordterritory in northern Australia
Chinese Mandarin 北領地 /北领地
- 北領地 /北领地 (Běi Lǐngdì)territory in northern Australia
Czech Severní teritorium
- Severní teritoriumterritory in northern Australia
Danish Northern Territory
- Northern Territoryterritory in northern Australia
Dutch Noordelijk Territorium
- Noordelijk Territoriumterritory in northern Australia
Esperanto Norda Teritorio
- Norda Teritorioterritory in northern Australia
Estonian Põhjaterritoorium
- Põhjaterritooriumterritory in northern Australia
Finnish Pohjoisterritorio
- Pohjoisterritorioterritory in northern Australia
French Territoire-du-Nord
- Territoire-du-Nordterritory in northern Australia
German Northern Territory
- Northern Territoryterritory in northern Australia
Greek Βόρεια Επικράτεια
- Βόρεια Επικράτεια (Vóreia Epikráteia)territory in northern Australia
Hebrew הטריטוריה הצפונית
- הטריטוריה הצפוניתterritory in northern Australia
Hindi नॉर्थर्न टेरिटरी
- नॉर्थर्न टेरिटरी (nŏrtharn ṭeriṭrī)territory in northern Australia
Hungarian Északi terület
- Északi területterritory in northern Australia
Icelandic Norðursvæðið
- Norðursvæðiðterritory in northern Australia
Indonesian Teritorial Utara, Wilayah Utara
- Teritorial Utaraterritory in northern Australia
- Wilayah Utaraterritory in northern Australia
Irish Críoch an Tuaiscirt
- Críoch an Tuaiscirtterritory in northern Australia
Italian Territorio del Nord
- Territorio del Nordterritory in northern Australia
Japanese ノーザンテリトリー
- ノーザンテリトリー (Nōzan-Teritorī)territory in northern Australia
Korean 노던 준주
- 노던 준주 (Nodeon junju)territory in northern Australia
Latin Territorium Septentrionale
- Territorium Septentrionaleterritory in northern Australia
Latvian Ziemeļu teritorija
- Ziemeļu teritorijaterritory in northern Australia
Lithuanian Šiaurinė Teritorija
- Šiaurinė Teritorijaterritory in northern Australia
Malay Wilayah Utara
- Wilayah Utaraterritory in northern Australia
Māori Rohe ki te Raki
- Rohe ki te Rakiterritory in northern Australia
Norwegian Nordterritoriet
- Nordterritorietterritory in northern Australia
Persian قلمرو شمالی
- قلمرو شمالیterritory in northern Australia
Polish Terytorium Północne
- Terytorium Północneterritory in northern Australia
Portuguese Território do Norte
- Território do Norteterritory in northern Australia
Punjabi ਉੱਤਰੀ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ
- ਉੱਤਰੀ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ (uttarī rājkhetar)territory in northern Australia
Russian Се́верная террито́рия
- Се́верная террито́рия (Sévernaja territórija)territory in northern Australia
Scottish Gaelic Roinn-a-Tuath
- Roinn-a-Tuathterritory in northern Australia
Slovak Severné teritórium
- Severné teritóriumterritory in northern Australia
Spanish Territorio del Norte
- Territorio del Norteterritory in northern Australia
Swedish Northern Territory
- Northern Territoryterritory in northern Australia
Tagalog Hilagang Teritoryo
- Hilagang Teritoryoterritory in northern Australia
Tamil வட ஆஸ்திரேலியா
- வட ஆஸ்திரேலியா (vaṭa āstirēliyā)territory in northern Australia
Thai นอร์เทิร์นเทร์ริทอรี
- นอร์เทิร์นเทร์ริทอรีterritory in northern Australia
Turkish Kuzey Toprakları
- Kuzey Topraklarıterritory in northern Australia
Ukrainian Півні́чна терито́рія
- Півні́чна терито́рія (Pivníčna terytórija)territory in northern Australia
Vietnamese Lãnh thổ Bắc Úc
- Lãnh thổ Bắc Úcterritory in northern Australia
Welsh Tiriogaeth y Gogledd
- Tiriogaeth y Gogleddterritory in northern Australia
Cite this entry
APA
Northern Territory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Northern%20Territory
MLA
“Northern Territory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Northern%20Territory. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Northern Territory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Northern%20Territory.
Source: Northern Territory on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.