municipality
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
Other meanings
The governing body of such a district.
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.
Related words
- ecomunicipality
- supermunicipality
- specialized municipality
- submunicipality
- prefecture-level municipality
- county-level municipality
- federal municipality
- province-level municipality
- regional county municipality
- regional municipality
- state-level municipality
Word history
From Latin "municipalis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “municipality” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.