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Sphere of influence   /sfɪr əv ˈɪnfluəns/   Listen
Sphere of influence

noun
1.
The geographical area in which one nation is very influential.  Synonym: sphere.






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"Sphere of influence" Quotes from Famous Books



... in May, 1891, in which the Portuguese again suffered severely, hastened the conclusion of a treaty (June, 1891) between Great Britain and Portugal, by which the boundary between the Portuguese territories and those included in the British "sphere of influence" was fixed. By this treaty a vast region in the interior which lies along the Upper Zambesi west of Portuguese territory and south of the Congo Free State was recognized by Portugal as within the British sphere. An agreement of the ...
— Impressions of South Africa • James Bryce

... The Duc de Richelieu has just put an end to the occupation of France by the foreign armies. According to Monsieur de la Billardiere, the functionaries who represent the city of Paris should make it their duty, each in his own sphere of influence, to celebrate the liberation of our territory. Let us show a true patriotism which shall put these liberals, these damned intriguers, to the blush; hein? Do you think I don't love my country? I wish to ...
— Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau • Honore de Balzac

... bring her into collision with the Slavs, her plans for expansion in Albania are bound to arouse the hostility of the Greeks. The Italian troops at Argyocastro are occupying territory which Greece looks on as distinctly within her sphere of influence, and they menace Janina itself. Though Italy has intimated, I believe, that her occupation of Albania is not to be regarded as permanent, she is most certainly on the eastern shore of the Adriatic to stay, for her commercial and political interests will not permit ...
— Italy at War and the Allies in the West • E. Alexander Powell



Words linked to "Sphere of influence" :   geographic area, geographical region, geographical area, geographic region



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