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Municipality
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
Example Sentences
- Nothing bad would happen if the question of additional street names were left solely for the local municipality to resolve.
- If you want distributed power you can install hydro-electric generators on the water supply in every municipality.
- Depending on your municipality you have to comply with a specific code.
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Word Origin & History
municipality
1790, from Fr. municipalité; see municipal. Introduced in English by Edmund Burke.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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municipality
in the United States, urban unit of local government. A municipality is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been established to provide general local government for a specific population concentration in a defined area. A municipality may be designated as a city, borough, village, or town, except in the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin, where the name town signifies a subdivision of the county or state by area. The municipality is one of several basic types of local government, the others being counties, townships, school districts, and special districts
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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