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municipal Definition

mu·nici·pal (myo̵̅o̅ nisə pəl)

adjective

    1. of or having to do with a city, town, etc. or its local government
    2. having self-government locally
  1. Rare of the internal, as distinguished from the international, affairs of a nation

Etymology: L municipalis < municeps, inhabitant of a free town < munia, official duties, functions < IE base *mei-, to exchange (> common, mean) + capere, to take (see have)

noun

Finance a municipal bond: usually used in pl.

municipal Related Forms
mu·nici·pally adverb
municipal Synonyms

municipal

modif.

self-governing, metropolitan, city, town, community, local, civil, borough, incorporated, corporate; see also public.

Antonyms national, state, world-wide.

municipal Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • only: This lantern is the only municipal lantern surviving in England.
  • together: It brought together municipal transport administrations from South Bank to Stockton on Tees.
  • then: When the then municipal authority, Bangor Boro Council, acquired the Castle and grounds, the music saloon became the Council Chamber.
  • enough: This town does not have enough municipal parking bays to make it a profitable venture.

Adjective modifier

  • proper: The proper municipal a loan remains great product or.

Modifies a noun

  • incinerator: Municipal waste incinerators are known to be potential sources of dioxins.
  • waste: Municipal solid waste in the United States: 2001 final report.
  • round-up: Municipal Round-Up: Madison ( Wisc. ), Orleans ( Mass.
  • cemetery: Most local history archives include cemetery records for municipal cemeteries, many of which were built in the mid to late 1850's.
  • election: A general municipal election took place to elect 39 Councilors for the 13 wards of the new boro.
  • boro: It was a municipal boro prior to 1968 now it is a mere suburb of Stockton.

Used with adjective complement

  • need: Of millionthere is which need municipal still in place.

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