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).

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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.

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1. municipality

   A municipality is a political unit, such as a city, town, or village, that is formally recognized for local self-government by a higher authority such as a state or country. It usually has its own elected officials and administrative structures to provide services to the residents under its jurisdiction, which can include public utilities, education, healthcare, law enforcement, and transportation. The specific duties and responsibilities of a municipality can vary depending on the laws of the respective country or state.

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".

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1. • Administrative District
   • Gathering
   • Urban Area

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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. Vittorio Zappalorto:

   I firmly deny that the municipality of Venice has ever thought to ban the use of trolleys in the historical center.

2. President Barack Obama:

   What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue generator, as opposed to serving the community, and that it systematically was biased against African-Americans in that city who were stopped, harassed, mistreated, abused, called names, fined.

3. Fitch Ratings:

   The ruling, by stating such payments are optional, creates uncertainty about full and timely payment of special revenue obligations during bankruptcy of the related municipality.

4. Copenhagen Mayor Frank Jensen:

   When we add 'Greater,' we indicate that it is more than just the municipality of Copenhagen.

5. Ral Valds-Fauli:

   People should have guns, pistols, revolvers in their home for their protection if they feel its necessary. But, assault weapons do not belong in a municipality, assault weapons are for purposes of war powers.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/municipality
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=municipality