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municipalitya city or town that has corporate status and local government

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a city or town that has corporate status and local government

Pronunciation (IPA): /mjuˌnɪsɪˈpæləti/

Korean meaning: 지방자치단체, 시정촌

Korean pronunciation: 뮤니**시**팰러티

Example Sentences

  • Our municipality decided to install free Wi-Fi in all parks, but the password is still 'password123'.
  • The municipality hired a professional cat whisperer to solve the stray cat problem downtown.
  • Each municipality is responsible for maintaining roads and providing public services within its jurisdiction.

municipality

NOUN

//mjuˌnɪsɪˈpæləti//

a city or town that has corporate status and local government

municipality concept
💡 Concept

a city or town that has corporate status and local government

municipality rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

In this municipality, reality meets personality!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/mjuˌnɪsɪˈpæləti/
🇬🇧 UK/mjuˌnɪsɪˈpæləti/

🌳Etymology

Rootmunicip
Suffix--ality

Origin

라틴어 'municipium'에서 유래되었는데, 이는 로마 시대에 시민권을 가진 자유민들이 사는 자치도시를 의미했습니다. 'munus(의무, 봉사)'와 'capere(취하다)'의 합성어로, '시민의 의무를 지는 곳'이라는 뜻이었죠.

🎵Rhyme

realitypersonalitylocality
reality
personality
locality

🔗Collocations

local municipality
municipality council
municipality budget
rural municipality
municipality services
merge municipalities

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

Our municipality decided to install free Wi-Fi in all parks, but the password is still 'password123'.

😄 Fun example

The municipality hired a professional cat whisperer to solve the stray cat problem downtown.

Each municipality is responsible for maintaining roads and providing public services within its jurisdiction.

😄 Fun example

The small municipality of 5,000 residents somehow managed to have three different pizza delivery services.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

citytownboroughdistrictlocality

Antonyms

statefederalnational

Related

municipalmayorcouncilgovernancejurisdiction

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