- connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government
- municipal elections/councils
- municipal workers
- the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMunicipal is used with these nouns:- administration
- authority
- bond
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally relating to the internal affairs of a state as distinct from its foreign relations): from Latin municipalis (from municipium ‘free city’, from municeps, municip- ‘citizen with privileges’, from munia ‘civic offices’) + capere ‘take’.Definitions on the go
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