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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

自治区

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jichiku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Autonomous Region/ɔːˈtɒn.ə.məs ˈriː.dʒən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その地域は特別自治区として運営されている。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An administrative subdivision or area of a country that has been granted a certain degree of autonomy, self-government, or freedom from an external authority.

    "The government granted special cultural and political rights to the autonomous region."
  2. 2

    A territory with a population differing from the majority of the country, often possessing specific legislative powers regarding local affairs.

    "Several ethnic minorities reside within the borders of the northern autonomous region."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'autonomous', originating from Greek 'autonomos' (self-governing, from 'autos' meaning self and 'nomos' meaning law), and 'region', from Latin 'regio' (direction, boundary, district). The compound term became prominent in modern geopolitics and international law during the 20th century to designate sub-national administrative divisions with high degrees of self-governance.

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