rural municipality
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rural municipality
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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"Our mountains have begun to stink," Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, told the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024
"The state has always been missing at base camps leading to all kinds of irregularities including people climbing our mountains without permits," Mr Mingma, chairman of the Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, says.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024
In my second week there, I traveled to Orito, another rural municipality just 100 miles or so from where the Noscues live, to observe these efforts up close.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023
Jefferson barricaded himself in his home in the rural municipality of Comendador Levy Gasparian for eight hours, authorities said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022
Now it happened that the rural municipality required a thousand ounces of strychnine, put up in half-ounce bottles, for gopher poison.
From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.
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