Municipality Meaning
/mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
nounThe governing body of such a district.
Sentence Examples
Viana is a Brazilian municipality with an estimate population of 65000.
Porsanger is a trilingual municipality.
The municipality has recently imposed an overtaking ban for this road.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After the flood, the ____ provided emergency funds from public taxes to repair the roads.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local ____ is responsible for providing several essential services such as waste collection and road maintenance for all the people in the town.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on May 29 that Louisville was one of more than 600 municipalities across the U.S. accused of obstructing immigration enforcement. The federal government called these locations “sanctuary jurisdictions,” alleging they were undermining the rule of law. Four Kentucky counties also made the list: Campbell, Franklin, Jefferson and Scott."
— 2025 July 22, Connor N. Smith, Mason Brighton, “Louisville drops sanctuary city status after DOJ pressure”, in Spectrum News, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025:
"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."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the flood, the ____ provided emergency funds from public taxes to repair the roads.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local ____ is responsible for providing several essential services such as waste collection and road maintenance for all the people in the town.