ayuntamiento

[ ah-yoon-tah-myen-taw ]

/ ɑˌyun tɑˈmyɛn tɔ /

a municipal government.

a town hall or city hall.

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The Puebla ayuntamiento archives contain the agreement signed at Chachapa by Worth.
The War With Mexico, Volume II (of 2)|Justin H. Smith
The ayuntamiento; consisting of alcalde, or mayor, and the regidores, or aldermen.
Maximina|Armando Palacio Valds
On afternoons when the Ayuntamiento was in session, the chief could never leave his patio.
The Torrent|Vicente Blasco Ibaez
One of the members of the tribunal (ayuntamiento) steals, or causes to be stolen from some man his buffalo.
The Philippine Islands, 14931898, Volume XXXVI, 16491666|Various

The ayuntamiento which came into power with the Republic was Federal.
Romantic Spain|John Augustus O'Shea