former territory of the United States

C6274
concept

A former territory of the United States is a region that was once under U.S. territorial jurisdiction but later changed status, typically becoming a state, an independent nation, or part of another country.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
organized incorporated territory of the United States 29
former territorial entity 20
U.S. state admission 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former territory of the United States
Generated description
A former territory of the United States is a region that was once under U.S. territorial jurisdiction but later changed status, typically becoming a state, an independent nation, or part of another country.

Instances (54)

Instance Via concept surface
Admission of Alabama as the 22nd U.S. state U.S. state admission
admission of Indiana U.S. state admission
Lordship of Sedan former territorial entity
lordship of Angoulême
surface form: Lordship of Angoulême
former territorial entity