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Meaning of municipality | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti

Definitions

  1. A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village
  2. A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
  3. The governing body of such a district
  4. The governing body of such a district.
  5. In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents
  6. In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.

Equivalents

العربية البلدية بلدية
Azərbaycanca bələdiyyə
Български община
বাংলা পৌরসভা
Català municipi
Čeština obec
Cymraeg bwrdeistref
Dansk kommune
Ελληνικά δήμος
Esperanto municipo
Español municipio
Euskara udalerri
فارسی شهرداری
Français municipalité
Galego concello
עברית עירייה
हिन्दी नगरपालिका
Íslenska sveitarfélag
日本語 自治体
ខ្មែរ ក្រុង
한국어 자치체
Kurdî belediye varoş
Latina municipium
Lëtzebuergesch Gemeng
Lietuvių savivaldybė
Македонски општина
Nederlands gemeente
Polski gmina
Română municipalitate
Slovenčina obec
Shqip bashki komune
Српски varoš општина
Svenska kommun
Kiswahili manispaa
தமிழ் நகராட்சி
ไทย เทศบาล
Türkçe belediye
Українська муніципалітет

Examples

“From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.”

CEFR level

C2
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