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municipality
[ myoo-nis-uh-pal-i-tee ]
noun
- a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- a community under municipal jurisdiction.
- the governing body of such a district or community.
municipality
/ mjuːˌnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ /
noun
- a city, town, or district enjoying some degree of local self-government
- the governing body of such a unit
Other Words From
- inter·mu·nici·pali·ty noun plural intermunicipalities
Word History and Origins
Origin of municipality1
Example Sentences
The site contains an extensive database of public contracts, including police union contracts, for nearly all the state’s municipalities, going back decades.
Fletcher said because San Diego County is late to legalization, it provides an opportunity to learn from the lessons of other municipalities.
In her own neighborhood, she says, residents began using parking spaces to hold dinners with their neighbors during summer, and eventually persuaded the municipality to convert many into community gardens.
California lawmakers are slowly starting to recognize the need to get municipalities linked with the kind of scientific expertise San Diego leveraged for its assessments of its vulnerability to climate change.
Two women became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in Costa Rica when they exchanged vows in the municipality of Heredia shortly after midnight.
“In order to reinforce and ensure safety in the municipality,” she wrote.
In Israel, the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo underwrites the Pride Parade.
Each town and municipality is handling recreational cannabis in its own way.
Zuo Rong is a retired teacher from Shayang county in Jingmen municipality, Hubei province.
The angry judge told the municipality that it is contributing to the phenomenon of construction offense.
The action of the municipality, or of the state or province, or of the central government itself may be called into play.
As the business may be prohibited, a municipality or other power may regulate and control his business.
But “saloon” licences are a large source of revenue to the municipality, the cost being from $1,200 gold downwards per annum.
At any time, on certain conditions, a member of a tribal ward can apply for full citizenship in a municipality.
No civil life or municipality seems to have grown up outside its boundaries; like Chester, it remained purely military.
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