municipality

noun mu·nic·i·pal·i·ty \ myu̇-ˌni-sə-ˈpa-lə-tē \

|Updated on: 13 Aug 2018

Examples: municipality in a Sentence

Definition of municipality

plural municipalities

1 : a primarily urban political unit having corporate (see corporate 1a) status and usually powers of self-government

Elections were held in the municipality.

2 : the governing body of a municipality

The municipality approved the budget for the year.

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Examples of municipality in a Sentence

laws that have been enacted by many states and municipalities
a municipality with an excellent police department

Recent Examples of municipality from the Web

They were made by a group of artisans hailing from the small Catalonian municipality of Oliana, and one of the Olianan performers on site, Jesus Bach Marques, regards them with great pride.

— ryan p. smith, Smithsonian, "For Hundreds of Years, Papier-Mâché Has Lent a Surreal Face to Catalan Culture," 3 July 2018
Bahia de los Angeles is part of the municipality of Ensenada, and on Wednesday, residents are expecting to meet with Mayor Marco Antonio Novelo, preparing to request heavier security.

— sandra dibble, sandiegouniontribune.com, "U.S. couple found shot to death in Bahia de los Angeles," 4 June 2018
Over the weekend the president of a fruit and vegetable packaging company in Japan bid ¥3.2 million ($29,251.50) for two melons grown in the municipality of Yubari, which is known for its melons.

— hallie detrick, Fortune, "Why 2 Japanese Melons Just Sold for Over $29,000 at Auction," 28 May 2018
The victims were born or lived in the municipalities of Holguín, Gibara, Mayarí, Cacocum, Calixto García, Moa, Banes, Cueto and Urbano Noris.

— nora gámez torres, miamiherald, "68 of its residents were killed in Cuba plane crash. Now Holguín is filled with grief | Miami Herald," 26 May 2018
There are players, coaches, parents and a group of first responders from the nearby municipality of Humacao, who worked in Juncos during the storm, braving chest-high waters and living at the department for weeks.

— jenny vrentas, SI.com, "Five Giants, and Those Forgotten After the Storm," 23 May 2018
In the past few days, two candidates for mayor of the municipality of Pedro Ascencio de Alquisiras withdrew from the race.

— kevin sieff, chicagotribune.com, "36 local candidates have been assassinated in Mexico, and the election is still 2 months away," 20 May 2018
In the first three months of this year the municipality of 85,000 people had 43 murders, up from 20 in all of 2016.

— The Economist, "Mexico’s murder rate heads for a new record," 5 May 2018
Hamilton County Public Health monitors conditions for areas outside the municipalities of Cincinnati, Norwood and Springdale.

— anne saker, Cincinnati.com, "Who's got the cleanest kitchens in Hamilton County?," 17 Apr. 2018

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