MUNICIPALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does municipality mean? 

• MUNICIPALITY (noun)
  The noun MUNICIPALITY has 2 senses:

1. an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

2. people living in a town or city having local self-government

  Familiarity information: MUNICIPALITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUNICIPALITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("municipality" is a kind of...):

administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)

populated area; urban area (a geographical area constituting a city or town)

Meronyms (parts of "municipality"):

ward (a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "municipality"):

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Derivation:

municipal (of or relating to the government of a municipality)

municipal (relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

People living in a town or city having local self-government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("municipality" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "municipality"):

city; metropolis (people living in a large densely populated municipality)

town; townsfolk; townspeople (the people living in a municipality smaller than a city)

 Context examples 

The report covered coastal municipalities in the Northeast, Southeast, and South regions of the country.

(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)

The Bahia municipalities of Santa Cruz Cabrália and Belmonte head the list with the top deforesters, with 3,058 hectares and 2,11 hectares respectively.

(Brazilian Atlantic Forest deforestation up nearly 60% in a year, Agência Brasil)

A named municipality within a Mexican state.

(Mexican City, NCI Thesaurus)

Brazilian cities in coastal areas are more vulnerable to climate change, especially to the sea level rise, but also to such events as heavy rain, storms, floods, and coastal erosion, all of which cause destruction and adversely affect infrastructure in these municipalities.

(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)