municipality

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /mjuˌnɪsəˈpæləti/ UK /mjuːˌnɪsɪˈpæləti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a town or district with its own local self-government

The municipality is responsible for collecting refuse and maintaining roads.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a town or district with its... town city borough district commune township

Word family

Related forms municipalmunicipalize

Etymology

From French municipalité, from Latin mūnicipālis ('of a municipium, a self-governing town'), from mūniceps ('citizen with privileges'), from mūnus ('duty, office') + capere ('to take').

mūnicipālis Latin mūnus Latin capere Latin

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Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# municipality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mjuˌnɪsəˈpæləti/
**IPA (UK):** /mjuːˌnɪsɪˈpæləti/

## Meanings
1. a town or district with its own local self-government

## Examples
- The municipality is responsible for collecting refuse and maintaining roads.

## Synonyms
- town
- city
- borough
- district
- commune
- township

## Related Forms
- municipal
- municipalize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mūnicipālis
- Root: mūnus
- Root: capere

## Etymology
From French municipalité, from Latin mūnicipālis ('of a municipium, a self-governing town'), from mūniceps ('citizen with privileges'), from mūnus ('duty, office') + capere ('to take').

## AI Etymology
Municipality comes from French municipalité, from Latin mūnicipālis ('of a municipium, a self-governing town'), from mūniceps ('citizen with privileges'), from mūnus ('duty, office') + capere ('to take'). The etymological trail includes Latin mūnicipālis, Latin mūnus, and Latin capere. As a noun, municipality means a town or district with its own local self-government. The same family is visible in related forms such as municipal and municipalize. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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