municipality
Sinne
Betekenis (Engels)
- A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
- The governing body of such a district.
- In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.
Sinonieme
borough
local authority
municipal area
municipal organization
municipal organisation
municipal government
self-governing body
local administration
local level
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/
Etimologie (Engels)
Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”). Equivalent to municipal + -ity.
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