Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
self-rule is a noun meaning "government of a political unit by its own people". It carries one recorded sense.
government of a political unit by its own people
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for self-rule come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.