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Meanings of autonomous territory in English

Russian
административная автономия
Portuguese
divisões administrativas autónomas
Spanish
división administrativa autónoma
Catalan
divisió administrativa autònoma

Region with some freedom from its central government.

      административная автономия
      Russian
      зависимые территории
      Portuguese
      território dependente
      Spanish
      áreas no independientes
      Catalan
      territoris dependents

      Territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state.

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            Usage of autonomous territory in English
            1
            The idea of an autonomous territory for Afrikaners was conceived and Orania was bought in 1991.
            The South African
            2
            The petition was delivered on Monday, in a last-ditch attempt to help it retain its status as an autonomous territory.
            Radio NZ
            3
            Mr Terai said French Polynesia was an autonomous territory in the sense of the UN charter and should therefore not be on the list.
            Radio NZ
            4
            South Ossetia is an historically pro-Russian autonomous territory that threw off direct rule from Tbilisi after Georgia became independent in the Soviet Union's 1991 breakup.
            Reuters
            5
            The 2,000 inhabitants of Carti Sugdub plan to move to coastal areas within the Kuna's autonomous territory on the Panama mainland.
            Reuters
            6
            Interview with the Sultan of W. Borneo, Head of the Autonomous Territory of W. Borneo, the Pres.
            The new yorker