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Northern Territories

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Etymology

Calque of Japanese 北方領土.

  1. derived from 北方領土

Definitions

  1. A group of islands administered by Russia, claimed by Japan.

    • The Soviet leaders traditionally saw their occupation of the Northern Territories as legitimized, among other things, by the 1944 Yalta agreement between the USSR and three Western powers.

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