autonomous community
noun
one of the statelike political divisions of modern Spain, each comprising one or more provinces.
autonomous communities
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pluralof autonomous community.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If approved, the constitution would make Chile “plurinational,” with at least 11 Indigenous groups, representing more than 2 million people or nearly 13% of the population, recognized as autonomous communities governing their territories.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2022
But, equally, what keeps them from succumbing to the inevitability of that outcome is also written into Brazil’s history: their faith in the unbreakable bonds of autonomous communities.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2019
Photograph: Reuters Today the Zapatistas have largely withdrawn to their autonomous communities though they can still mobilize their masses.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2016
They were to be formed into autonomous communities of their own, under their own chiefs and owning their own land and cattle.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
A few of those who had committed peculiar atrocities were executed, but the remnants of the pueblos were reestablished in their franchises and privileges as autonomous communities.
From Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
