Definitions for municipality
myuˌnɪs əˈpæl ɪ timu·nic·i·pal·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. municipalitynoun

   an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

2. municipalitynoun

   people living in a town or city having local self-government

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. municipalitynoun

   A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

2. Etymology: From municipalité (Edmund Burke).

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Municipality

   A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French municipalitécode: fra promoted to code: fr and Latin municipaliscode: lat promoted to code: la . The English word municipality derives from the Latin social contract municipiumcode: lat promoted to code: la (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass only one populated place such as a city, town, or village several such places (e.g., early jurisdictions in the U.S. state of New Jersey (1798–1899) as townships governing several villages, municipalities of Mexico, municipalities of Colombia) only parts of such places, sometimes boroughs of a city, such as the 34 municipalities of Santiago, Chile.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.2 / 5 votes

1. Municipalitynoun

   a municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. municipalit.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Municipality

   A municipality is usually an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government or jurisdiction. The term municipality is also used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French "municipalité" and Latin "municipalis".

Matched Categories

1. • Administrative District
   • Gathering
   • Urban Area

How to pronounce municipality?

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   Mark

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of municipality in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of municipality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of municipality in a Sentence

1. Gavino Delogu:

   It's been years and years that we told the municipality that this bridge has a problem, from time to time pieces of the bridge would fall off. And now these are the consequences of them( the local government) not listening.

2. Richard Greene:

   Wow, ouch ... It actually seems to minimize the importance of water conservation when you're fining the wealthiest municipality $61,000, which is pocket change for most of the people you see walking up and down this street.

3. The Georgian Foreign Ministry:

   It violated the airspace controlled by the central government and flew over a local municipality and police buildings.

4. Ron Huldai:

   Our strategic action plan to prepare for climate change has placed the fight against pollution at the top of the municipality's environmental agenda, if the pilot is successful, we will evaluate -- together with the Ministry of Transportation -- its expansion to additional locations in the city.

5. Transport Canada:

   The proposed amendments would give the CTA authority to determine if a fire was caused by a company's operations and determine the costs incurred by the province or municipality in responding to the incident.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=municipality
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Municipality
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/municipality
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=municipality