municipality
pronunciation
How to pronounce municipality in British English:
UK [mju:ˌnɪsɪˈpæləti]
How to pronounce municipality in American English:
US [mjuˌnɪsəˈpælɪti]
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- Noun:
- an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
- people living in a town or city having local self-government
Word Origin
- municipality (n.)
- 1789, from French municipalité, from municipal (see municipal).
Example
- 1. Another destination in summer lies in chongqing municipality .
- 2. A child sleeps on a couch on a flooded street in chongqing municipality .
- 3. But around half of those who migrate to urban areas remain in chongqing municipality .
- 4. Silwan is also the site of a large and controversial building plan adopted last week by the municipality 's planning committee .
- 5. According to the chongqing government , 16.1 million of the municipality 's 29.2 million residents are now urbanites .