municipality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

municipality municipalities

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.

Related words

Derived words

county-level municipality ecomunicipality federal municipality prefecture-level municipality province-level municipality regional county municipality regional municipality specialized municipality state-level municipality submunicipality supermunicipality

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