In the US and Canada the word 'condominium' is used to refer to a housing structure in which sections are separately owned (often shortened to simply condo). There is, in fact, a second historical meaning to the word rooted in international law. A condominium can also be an area of land or sea that is jointly administered by two or more countries. The word comes from con (joint) dominium (dominion). There have been many condominiums throughout the ages, though over time most have been ceded to a single country. The remaining ones are mostly shared bodies of water, but at least two land-condominiums exist today: Antarctica, and the tiny 0.00682 square kilometre Pheasant Island between Spain and France.
Bonus:
Tetra Pak is a multi-billion dollar Swedish food packaging company. In some countries, cartons are referred to as Tetra Paks.
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