municipality (redirected from municipalities)

mu·nic·i·pal·i·ty  (my-ns-pl-t)

n. pl. mu·nic·i·pal·i·ties

1. A political unit, such as a city, town, or village, incorporated for local self-government.

2. A body of officials appointed to manage the affairs of a local political unit.

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municipality

Noun

pl -ties

1. a city, town, or district enjoying local self-government

2. the governing body of such a unit

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	municipality - an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work" ward - a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections populated area, urban area - a geographical area constituting a city or town
	2.	municipality - people living in a town or city having local self-government assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place metropolis, city - people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" townsfolk, townspeople, town - the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team"

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municipality

noun town, city, district, borough, township, burgh Scot. urban community, dorp S. African

Translations

municipality [mjuːnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ] n → municipio

municipality [mjuːnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ] n → municipalité f

municipality [mjuːnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ] municipal n → Gemeinde f, Stadt f

municipality [mjuːnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ] n → municipio