municipality
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districtsA district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
» You can't go against the municipality.
Meaning
3 sensesA district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
Gemeinde, Munizipalität
муниципалите́тmunicipalitét, комму́наkommúna, общи́наobščína
муніципаліте́тmunicypalitét
people living in a town or city having local self-government
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.
Examples
14 sentencesYou can't go against the municipality.
Hemmingen is a municipality in Germany.
ruХемминген - коммуна в Германии.
deHemmingen ist eine Gemeinde in Deutschland.
I got a letter from the municipality.
Each municipality has a different garbage fee.
This park is maintained by the municipality.
deDieser Park wird von der Gemeinde unterhalten.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municiBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: municipalities| Singular | municipality |
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