rural municipality
noun
any lightly settled area in Canada lacking a local elected government and administered directly by a provincial government.
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Origin of rural municipality
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby rural municipality
rural district, rural free delivery, rurality, ruralize, rural leishmaniasis, rural municipality, rural route, rural science, rural sociology, Rurik, Ruritania
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