Municipalities

[myoo-nis-uh-pal-i-tee]

noun, plural mu·nic·i·pal·i·ties.

a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.

a community under municipal jurisdiction.

the governing body of such a district or community.

Origin:
1780–90; < French municipalité. See municipal, -ity

Related forms

in·ter·mu·nic·i·pal·i·ty, noun, plural in·ter·mu·nic·i·pal·i·ties.

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