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municipality

/ˌmjuːnɪsəˈpæləti/myoo-nih-suh-PA-luh-tee
/ˌmjunɪsəˈpæləti/myoo-nih-suh-PA-luh-tee

Meaninga municipal unit

Common meaning: a town or district with its own government

Journey through time

  1. Latinmunicipium‘Roman town’source
  2. Frenchmunicipal‘of a town’source
  3. Englishmunicipal‘relating to a town or its government’
  4. Englishformed in English from municipalmunicipality‘a town or district with its own government’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from municipal + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MUNICIPAL, p.383 · scan

Source words

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