municipality

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”). Equivalent to municipal +‎ -ity. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/ === Noun === municipality (plural municipalities) A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village. The governing body of such a district. (politics) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Scots == === Etymology === Borrowed from English municipality. === Noun === municipality (plural municipalities) municipality