Spain was the leading European power in the early imperial rivalry for control of North America and for centuries, dominated the Southeastern and Southwestern parts of what was later the United States -- particularly the States of Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
See all translations. uk â /ÉËËtÉn.É.mÉs/ us â /ÉËËtÉË.nÉ.mÉs/. âº independent and having the power to make your own decisions. âº an autonomous organization, country, or region is independent and has the freedom to govern itself: an autonomous region/province/republic/council.
2. An autonomous self-replicating unit that may exist as functional independent unit of life (as in the case of unicellular organism), or as sub-unit in a multicellular organism (such as in plants and animals) that is specialized into carrying out particular functions towards the cause of the organism as a whole.3.n autonomous self-replicating unit that may exist as functional independent unit of life (as in the case of unicellular organism), or as sub-unit in a multicellular organism (such as in plants and animals) that is specialized into carrying out particular functions towards the cause of the organism as a whole. 3.