municipality
Pronunciation: /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/
The English word “municipality” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
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.
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More English words
- municipal president
- municipal seat
- municipalidad
- municipalism
- municipalization
- municipalize
- municipalizer
- municipally
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