Definition of "semiautonomous" []

• Partially self-governing. (adjective)
• Having the powers of self-government within a larger organization or structure. (adjective)

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• "One targeted the intelligence service headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which is led by Massoud Barzani, president of the semiautonomous northern Kurdish region."
• "U.S. intelligence officials think that bin Laden and Zawahiri remain in hiding in Pakistan's rugged and semiautonomous tribal belt where the CIA continues to hunt them."
• "The intifada led to accords in the 1990s that established the semiautonomous Palestinian territories."