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A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: town council, municipal council, common council, select council, consulate (obsolete), capitoulate (historical, Toulouse)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: town council, municipal council, common council, select council, consulate, capitoulate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: council[Appendix:Glossary
a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: council
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
ajuntament
— town/city governing body
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Chinese Mandarin:
市政會 /市政会
(shìzhènghuì)
— town/city governing body
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Chinese Mandarin:
市政廳 /市政厅
(shìzhèngtīng)
— town/city governing body
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Czech:
městská rada
— town/city governing body
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Danish:
byråd
— town/city governing body
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Danish:
kommunalbestyrelse
— town/city governing body
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Dutch:
gemeenteraad
— town/city governing body
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Finnish:
kaupunginvaltuusto
— town/city governing body
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French:
conseil municipal
— town/city governing body
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Galician:
concello
— town/city governing body
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German:
Stadtrat
— town/city governing body
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Indonesian:
dewan kota
— town/city governing body
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Italian:
consiglio municipale
— town/city governing body
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Japanese:
市議会
(shigikai)
— town/city governing body
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Japanese:
町議会
(chōgikai)
— town/city governing body
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Malay:
majlis bandaraya
— town/city governing body
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bystyre
— town/city governing body
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
bystyre
— town/city governing body
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Polish:
rada miejska
— town/city governing body
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Portuguese:
conselho municipal
— town/city governing body
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Romanian:
consiliu local
— town/city governing body
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Romanian:
sfat orășenesc
— town/city governing body
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Romanian:
sfat popular
— town/city governing body
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Russian:
городско́й сове́т
(gorodskój sovét)
— town/city governing body
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Russian:
горсове́т
(gorsovét)
— town/city governing body
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Russian:
муниципа́льный сове́т
(municipálʹnyj sovét)
— town/city governing body
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Spanish:
ayuntamiento
— town/city governing body
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Spanish:
concejo
— town/city governing body
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Tagalog:
sangguniang panlungsod
— town/city governing body
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Tagalog:
sangguniang bayan
— town/city governing body
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Udmurt:
кар кенеш
(kar keńeš)
— town/city governing body
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Udmurt:
горсовет
(gorsovet)
— town/city governing body
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Ukrainian:
міська́ ра́да
(misʹká ráda)
— town/city governing body
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Ukrainian:
міськра́да
(misʹkráda)
— town/city governing body
