municipality
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municipality
- /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
noun municipalities
- A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on May 29 that Louisville was one of more than 600 municipalities across the U.S. accused of obstructing immigration enforcement. The federal government called these locations “sanctuary jurisdictions,” alleging they were undermining the rule of law
- The governing body of such a district. From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: governorate, municipal, mayor, region, commune, borough, corporation, communal, town, city, community, market, joint, township, village, common
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noun a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
| Español | municipio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자치체 jachiche |
| 日本語 | 自治体 jichitai |
| 中文 | 直轄市 /直辖市 zhíxiáshì |
| हिन्दी | नगरपालिका nagarpālikā |
| Kiswahili | manispaa |
| Português | município, comuna |
| Français | municipalité |
| Deutsch | Gemeinde, Munizipalität |
| Italiano | comune, municipalità |
| Ελληνικά | δήμος dímos |
| Română | municipalitate |
| Русский | муниципалите́т municipalitét, комму́на kommúna, общи́на obščína |
| Tiếng Việt | khu tự quản |
| العربية | بَلَدِيَّة baladiyya |
| עברית | עירייה |
noun the governing body of such a district
| हिन्दी | नगरपालिका nagarpālikā |
|---|---|
| Português | governo municipal |
| Italiano | giunta comunale |
| العربية | بَلَدِيَّة baladiyya |
Talk about this word "municipality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/municipality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. municipality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/municipality "municipality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/municipality.Cite this
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title = {municipality},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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