Definitions for Municipal
myuˈnɪs ə pəlMu·nic·i·pal

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. municipal(adj)

   relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality

   "municipal government"; "municipal bonds"; "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"

2. municipal(adj)

   of or relating to the government of a municipality

   "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz

Wiktionary(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. municipal(Noun)

   A financial instrument issued by a municipality.

2. municipal(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

3. municipal(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

Origin: From municipal, from municipalis, from municeps, from munus + capere.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Municipal(adj)

   of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers

2. Municipal(adj)

   of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation

Origin: [L. municipalis, fr. municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take: cf. F. municipal. Cf. Immunity, and Capacoius.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Municipal

   mū-nis′i-pal, adj. pertaining to a corporation or city.—n. Municipalisā′tion.—v.t. Munic′ipalise.—ns. Munic′ipalism; Municipal′ity, a town or city possessed of self-government: a district governed like a city: in France, a division of the country.—adv. Munic′ipally. [Fr.,—L. municipalis—municipium, a free town—munia, official duties, capĕre, to take.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Municipal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Municipal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Municipal in a Sentence

1. Sir Winston Churchill:

   [He] looks at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe.

2. Yitzhak Pindrus:

   I am not prepared to allow municipal budgets to be given to events that desecrate Shabbat.

3. Tacoma Police spokesperson Loretta Cool:

   , but the tents, tarps and other items must go. We also have to enforce the municipal code.

4. Seifar Aponza:

   He was really bad at traveling, when we would go to inter-municipal games he would almost always vomit.

5. Marty Singer:

   Mr. Selleck previously paid for all the water that he utilized, which the Calleguas Municipal Water District acknowledged had not been stolen.

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