He has returned to his home in Inner Mongolia, an autonomousregion of China.
Christianity Today (2000)
He has failed to grasp the issue of autonomousregions within countries wishing to gain independence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Normandy was a largely autonomousregion.
1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry (2004)
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Definition of 'autonomous'
autonomous
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adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
autonomouslyadverb [usually ADVERB after verb]
COBUILD Collocations
autonomous region
autonomous region
border region
breakaway region
coastal region
destabilize the region
eastern region
mountainous region
polar regions
remote region
wine region
All related terms of 'autonomous region'
Jewish Autonomous Region
an administrative division of SE Russia, in E Siberia : colonized by Jews in 1928; largely agricultural. Capital: Birobidzhan . Pop: 190 900 (2002). Area: 36 000 sq km (13 895 sq miles)
Xizang Autonomous Region
an autonomous region of SW China; formerly a theocracy and the centre of Lamaism : Europeans strictly excluded in the 19th century; invaded by China in 1950; rebellion (1959) against Chinese rule suppressed and the Dalai Lama fled to India; military rule imposed (1989–90) after continued demands for independence ; consists largely of a vast high plateau between the Himalayas and Kunlun Mountains. Capital: Lhasa . Pop: 2 700 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 221 601 sq km (471 660 sq miles)
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
an administrative division of S China . Capital: Nanning . Pop: 48 570 000 (2003 est). Area: 220 400 sq km (85 100 sq miles)
Kwangsi-Chuang Autonomous Region
an administrative division of S China . Capital: Nanning . Pop: 48 570 000 (2003 est). Area: 220 400 sq km (85 100 sq miles)
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
an administrative division of NW China, south of Inner Mongolia . Capital: Yinchuan . Pop: 5 800 000 (2003 est). Area: 66 400 sq km (25 896 sq miles)
South Ossetian Autonomous Region
a disputed region in Georgia on the S slopes of the Caucasus Mountains; in 1990 it voted to join Russia , leading to armed conflict with Georgian forces; it became an autonomous region in 1997 but later lost this status under a nationwide reorganization of local government; it declared itself an independent republic in 2008 following armed conflict in the region between Russian and Georgian forces. Capital: Tskhinvali . Pop: about 70 000 (2000 est). Area: 3900 sq km (1500 sq miles)
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
an administrative division of NW China: established in 1955 for the Uygur ethnic minority , with autonomous subdivisions for other small minorities; produces over half China's wool and contains valuable mineral resources . Capital: Ürümqi. Pop: 19 340 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 646 799 sq km (635 829 sq miles)
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region
a former administrative division in S Azerbaijan . In 1990–94 Armenian claims to the region led to violent unrest and fighting between national forces; it is now governed unofficially by the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Capital: Xankändi. Pop: 143 000 (2000 est). Area: 4400 sq km (1700 sq miles)
Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region
an administrative division of NW China: established in 1955 for the Uygur ethnic minority , with autonomous subdivisions for other small minorities; produces over half China's wool and contains valuable mineral resources . Capital: Ürümqi. Pop: 19 340 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 646 799 sq km (635 829 sq miles)
Inner Mongolia
an autonomous region of NE China : consists chiefly of the Mongolian plateau , with the Gobi Desert in the north and the Great Wall of China in the south. Capital: Hohhot . Pop: 23 800 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 177 500 sq km (459 225 sq miles)