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Noun: municipality  myoo`nisu'palitee
  1. An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
     
  2. People living in a town or city having local self-government

Derived forms: municipalities

See also: municipal

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, assemblage, gathering, populated area, territorial division, urban area

Encyclopedia: Municipality