municipality

CEFRB2

/mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A town, city, or local government area.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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

  • The municipality has recently imposed an overtaking ban for this road.

  • Viana is a Brazilian municipality with an estimate population of 65000.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The governing body of such a district.

  2. A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

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In context

  • Porsanger is a trilingual municipality.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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.