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municipal corporation

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noun

  1. a city, town, village, etc., that operates under a corporate charter granted by the state.


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Borrowing a page from London's playbook, authorities have also decided to split the municipal corporation into five smaller bodies and set up an overarching Greater Bengaluru Authority.

From Barron's Nov. 27, 2025

Kolkata’s municipal corporation declared 17 micro containment zones in residential clusters where more than five infections have been reported.

From The Guardian Jan. 1, 2022

Also on Tuesday, Mumbai's municipal corporation said it was delaying reopening schools for younger children to Dec. 15 instead of Wednesday as a precautionary measure given the global situation involving Omicron.

From Reuters Nov. 30, 2021

The municipal corporation acknowledges it has failed to provide the infrastructure the booming city needs.

From BBC May 27, 2017

It happened within a mile and a half of a town controlled by a municipal corporation which enjoys the rights and privileges of "local self-government."

From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Aitken, Edward Hamilton

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