municipality

Meaning

1. A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
2. The governing body of such a district.
3. 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.

Synonyms

town

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commune

city

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village

borough

township

county

district

field

kingdom

local authority

megalopolis

metropolis

municipal

municipal area

parish

town council

Freetown

municipal organization

municipal organisation

municipal government

self-governing body

local administration

community

local government

local level

burg

burgh

capital

city council

corporation

Translations

Gemeinde

municipio

commune

gemeente

comune

municipalité

δήμος

município

municipalità

belediye

municipi

δημαρχία

municipio

Stadt

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

It is the smallest Dutch municipality by area .

The seat of the municipality was in Kallithea.

It is located in the municipality of Dojran.

The municipality invests close to half a million dollars in promoting its cultural assets .

The municipality of Zandvoort consists of the communities of Bentveld and Zandvoort .