Definition

1. Noun:
   • Concession, Concession Territory: A territory that a country is forced to cede to a foreign power, typically under unequal treaties or pressure, for a specified period. This term often carries a historical context related to colonialism or imperialism.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thành phố cảng này từng là một nhượng địa của Pháp. (This port city was once a French concession.)
  • Hiệp ước đó đã thiết lập một số nhượng địa dọc theo bờ biển. (That treaty established several concessions along the coast.)

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Legal Context: The term is primarily used in historical or political discussions to describe territories ceded under duress during the colonial era.
  • Các nhượng địa thường được hưởng quy chế pháp lý đặc biệt. (Concessions often enjoyed a special legal status.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhượng bộ (n/v): Concession, compromise (as in negotiations). This is a broader term for yielding or conceding, not specific to territory.
• Đất nhượng địa: A more explicit phrase for "ceded/concession land."
• Thuê địa: Leased territory (a related but distinct concept, implying leasehold rather than cession).

Synonyms

• Vùng đất nhượng lại: Ceded territory.
• Khu tô giới: Concession (often used interchangeably in historical contexts, though sometimes with a nuance of a leased administrative area).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "Sống trong khu nhượng địa": To live in the concession area. This phrase evokes the social and legal separation that existed in such zones.
  • Gia đình ông ấy đã sống trong khu nhượng địa nhiều năm. (His family lived in the concession area for many years.)

1. Territory conceded (to foreign country), connession