landlocked
/ˈlændˌlɑkt/Describing a country with no coast at all, shut in on every side by its neighbours.
Example: Bolivia is landlocked, so all its trade travels through neighbours.
C116 words · Advanced
Countries & Continents vocabulary — C1
Countries and continents vocabulary for sovereignty and geography, including a peninsula, a delta and a fjord, plus autonomy, secession and dominion.
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16peninsula
/pəˈnɪnsələ/A piece of land almost surrounded by water but still joined to a larger area.
Example:
The road runs right to the tip of the peninsula.
sovereignty
/ˈsɑvrənti/A country's power to govern itself without control from others.
Example:
The islands finally gained full sovereignty in 1975.
colonisation
The act of a country taking control of another territory and settling people there.
Example:
The region's history was shaped by European colonisation.
autonomy
/ɔˈtɑnəmi/The right of a region or group to govern itself.
Example:
The region was granted greater autonomy in 1998.
secession
/sɪˈsɛʃən/The act of formally leaving a country or political union.
Example:
The vote for secession divided the nation.
expatriate
/ɛkˈspeɪtriˌeɪt/A person who lives outside their own country.
Example:
Many British expatriates live along that coast.
littoral
/ˈlɪtərəl/Relating to the area of land along a coast.
Example:
The littoral states signed a separate fishing agreement.
delta
/ˈdɛltə/The flat area where a river splits before entering the sea.
Example:
Forty million people live on that delta.
estuary
/ˈɛstʃuˌɛri/The wide part of a river where it meets the sea.
Example:
The estuary is four miles across at high tide.
tundra
/ˈtʌndrə/A large flat treeless area where the ground is frozen most of the year.
Example:
Nothing taller than a shrub grows on the tundra.
steppe
/stɛp/A large flat area of grassland with no trees.
Example:
The steppe runs almost unbroken for two thousand miles.
savannah
/səˈvænə/Flat grassland in a hot country with few trees.
Example:
The herds cross the savannah twice a year.
fjord
/fjɔrd/A long narrow inlet of sea between high cliffs.
Example:
The fjord is deep enough for a cruise ship to turn in.
dominion
/dəˈmɪnjən/A country that governs itself but recognises another country's monarch.
Example:
It became a dominion in 1907 and a republic much later.
protectorate
/prəˈtɛktərət/A country controlled and protected by a stronger one.
Example:
The islands were a protectorate for sixty years.
