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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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The local municipal corporation is currently supplying water to Bhagirathpura through tankers.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

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

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

There is a duty each individual owes to his fellow-man, each municipal corporation to its citizens, and each State and general government to those over whom they preside.

From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by Louis Philippe McCarty

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