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Another word for municipal

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Adjective

  1. Of, in, or belonging to a city

      1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
      2. Characteristic of the city or city life.
      1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city:
      2. Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns:
      3. Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
      1. A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
      2. An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
      3. A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
    See also:

    urban

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Another word for municipal

Modifier
      1. Formed into a corporation; incorporated:
      2. Of or relating to a corporation:
      3. United or combined into one body; collective:
      1. United into one body; combined.
      2. Formed into or organized and maintained as a legal corporation.
      1. A self-governing incorporated town in some US states, such as New Jersey.
      2. One of the five administrative units of New York City.
      3. A civil division of the state of Alaska that is the equivalent of a county in most other US states.
      1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
      2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
      3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
      1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular place:
      2. Of or relating to a city, town, or district rather than a larger area:
      3. Not broad or general; not widespread:
      1. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.
      2. The district or locality in which such a group lives.
      3. A group of people having common interests:
      1. A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.
      2. A territorial and political unit governed by a town meeting, especially in New England.
      3. A city:
      1. A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
      2. An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
      3. A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
      1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city:
      2. Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns:
      3. Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
      1. Exercising control or rule over oneself or itself.
      2. Having the right or power of self-government; autonomous.
    See also:

    public

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • A red brick municipal building stood at the far end of the street ahead of us.

  • municipal jealousy of church power.

  • In Paris the municipal police are divided among the twenty arrondissements, which the uniform police patrol.

  • Communal Finances.The budget of the commune is prepared by the mayor, voted by the municipal council and approved by the prefect.

  • The municipal police is divided into two principal branchesthe service in uniform of the agents de police and the service out of uniform of ins pecteurs de police.

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