Semi-autonomous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of semiautonomous. alt-of, alternative

    "The Midland merged with the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway on July 1 1903, to form the Midland Railway (Northern Counties Commission). This semi-autonomous organisation became the LMS (NCC) after Grouping in 1923 and then, upon Nationalisation on January 1 1948, the Railway Executive (NCC). BR's ownership would be short-lived - it sold the NCC to the Ulster Transport Authority on April 1 1949."

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"Britain demarcated a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the early 1920s."

Etymology

From semi- + autonomous.

Related phrases

semi-autonomously

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