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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

The row comes months ahead of the long-overdue municipal polls which are set to be held in the state, including in Mumbai city, home to India's richest municipal corporation.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

It reported 7,895 infections late on Sunday, Mumbai's municipal corporation said.

From Reuters Jan. 17, 2022

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

Its charter has gone; it can boast of no municipal corporation; hence the town hall is scarcely needed save for some itinerant Thespians, an occasional public meeting, or as a storehouse of rubbish.

From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

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