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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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            Examples for "autonomous administrative territorial entity"
            Examples for "autonomous administrative territorial entity"
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            The autonomous region has its own constitution, political system and public service.
            Radio NZ
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            It happened in Makhmour, the capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan.
            The Irish Times
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            They regard the city, just outside their autonomous region, as their historical capital.
            Reuters
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            NOV. 25 - Spanish regional elections in the powerful autonomous region of Catalonia.
            Reuters
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            They want an autonomous region for the southern plains within a federal state.
            Reuters
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            He is the first deputy of the Supreme Council in Uzbekistan's autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan.
            The Irish Times
            2
            Tells about Galicia before 1918 when Poland became an autonomous republic in the aftermath of WWI.
            The new yorker
            3
            He visited Cyprus and Crete and enquired about Crimea, an autonomous republic on the Black Sea.
            The Secret Crown (2010)
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            Crimean Tatars and local activists supporting the demonstrators in Kiev gathered in front of the autonomous republic's parliament in Simferopol.
            BBC
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            Tensions are high as Moscow has approved a treaty enabling Crimea - an autonomous republic in Ukraine - to join Russia.
            BBC
            1
            Sir Julius' provincial assembly in September unilaterally declared New Ireland to be an autonomous province.
            Radio NZ
            2
            People travelling from the Chinese autonomous province of Hong Kong are unaffected by the ban.
            News.com.au
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            Despite being part of China, Hong Kong is an autonomous province with a physical border to the mainland.
            News.com.au
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            Arab figures in the opposition are suspicious that the Kurds may set up an autonomous province spanning those areas.
            Reuters
            5
            These particular outbursts were easily squashed but in 1974 Kosovo was made an autonomous province of Yugoslavia by constitutional reforms.
            After the Rain : how the West lost the East
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            A southern Philippine island that has been the scene of a prolonged hostage crisis voted to join a Muslim autonomous area, officials said today.
            The Irish Times
            2
            Although a "no" vote is highly unlikely, it is possible that some areas invited to join the proposed autonomous area might reject the offer.
            Reuters
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            More autonomous areas, it can be province-level.
            Wired
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            Syrian Kurds are considering combining three autonomous areas of northern Syria into a federal arrangement, a step that could pave the way to Syria's breakup.
            Reuters
            Usage of autonomous territory in English
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            The idea of an autonomous territory for Afrikaners was conceived and Orania was bought in 1991.
            The South African
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            The petition was delivered on Monday, in a last-ditch attempt to help it retain its status as an autonomous territory.
            Radio NZ
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            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
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            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
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            The 2,000 inhabitants of Carti Sugdub plan to move to coastal areas within the Kuna's autonomous territory on the Panama mainland.
            Reuters
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            Interview with the Sultan of W. Borneo, Head of the Autonomous Territory of W. Borneo, the Pres.
            The new yorker