unincorporated territory of the United States
C274
concept
An unincorporated territory of the United States is a region under U.S. sovereignty that is not fully part of any state and where only selected provisions of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws apply.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| unincorporated territory of the United States canonical | 17 |
| unincorporated U.S. territory | 5 |
| United States Minor Outlying Island | 4 |
| insular area of the United States | 4 |
| United States minor outlying island | 3 |
| unincorporated territory | 3 |
| United States insular areas | 1 |
| commonwealth in political union with the United States | 1 |
| constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands | 1 |
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: unincorporated territory of the United States
Generated description
An unincorporated territory of the United States is a region under U.S. sovereignty that is not fully part of any state and where only selected provisions of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws apply.
Instances (28)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Wake Island | United States minor outlying island |
|
U.S. Pacific unorganized territories
surface form:
Baker Island
|
— |
| Johnston Atoll | United States Minor Outlying Island |
|
VI
surface form:
United States Virgin Islands
|
— |
| Baker Island | United States Minor Outlying Island |
| Kingman Reef | United States minor outlying island |
| Midway Atoll | United States Minor Outlying Island |
|
STX
surface form:
United States Virgin Islands
|
— |
|
TISX
surface form:
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
— |
| Northwest Angle | unincorporated territory |
| Howland Island | United States minor outlying island |
| American Samoa | — |
| Jarvis Island | United States Minor Outlying Island |
| Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | — |
|
Juan de Amezquita
surface form:
Puerto Rico
|
— |
| Navassa Island | unincorporated U.S. territory |
| U.S. Caribbean territories | United States insular areas |
| Qualla Boundary | unincorporated territory |
| Northern Mariana Islands | commonwealth in political union with the United States |
| Puerto Rico | — |
|
Panama Canal Zone (historical)
surface form:
Panama Canal Zone
|
— |
| St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands |
| Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge | unincorporated U.S. territory |
|
GRO
surface form:
Northern Mariana Islands
|
unincorporated territory |
| Guam | — |
|
UMI
surface form:
United States Minor Outlying Islands
|
insular area of the United States |
|
Goat Island
surface form:
Northern Mariana Islands
|
insular area of the United States |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | — |