Municipality Definition

myo͝o-nĭsə-pălĭ-tē
municipalities
noun
A city, town, etc. having its own incorporated government for local affairs.
Webster's New World
A body of officials appointed to manage the affairs of a local political unit.
American Heritage
Its governing officials.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Municipality

Noun

Singular:
municipality
Plural:
municipalities

Origin of Municipality

  • From French municipalité (Edmund Burke).

    From Wiktionary

Municipality Sentence Examples

  • The municipality owns its water-works and its electric-lighting plant.

  • Cairns became a municipality in 1885.

  • The municipality owns its watersupply system.

  • The government was vested in the council (1 30uXii) and people (8rl/20s), and administered by civil officers with Greek titles, the proedros (president), the grammateus (secretary), the archons, syndics and dekaprotoi (a fiscal council of ten), following the model of a Greek municipality under the Roman Empire.

  • The municipality owns and operates its water-works.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUN

Words Ending With

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Words Starting With M and Ending With Y

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With M12 Letter Words Ending With Y