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municipal

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) municipal (adjective)
  2. 2) municipal (noun)
  3. municipal borough (noun)
  4. municipal corporation (noun)
  5. municipal court (noun)
  6. municipal district (noun)
  7. municipal engineer (noun)
  8. municipal engineering (noun)
  9. municipal security (noun)

1mu·nic·i·pal

adj
\myu̇-ˈni-s(ə-)pəl also myə-, mə-, -ˈni-sə-bəl, ÷ˌmyü-nə-ˈsi-pəl\

Definition of MUNICIPAL

1
: of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation)
2
a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality b : having local self-government
3
: restricted to one locality
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Origin of MUNICIPAL

Latin municipalis of a municipality, from municip-, municeps inhabitant of a municipality, from munus duty, service + capere to take — more at mean, heave
First Known Use: circa 1540

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Rhymes with MUNICIPAL

admissible, immiscible, omissible, permissible, remissible, transmissible

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