municipality

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Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”). Equivalent to municipal + -ity.

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: munisipaliteit — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Albanian: bashki — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Albanian: komunë — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Arabic: بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܪܟܘܬܐ (krkwtā) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Armenian: մունիցիպալիտետ (municʻipalitet) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Azerbaijani: bələdiyyə — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Basque: udalerri — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Belarusian: муніцыпалітэ́т (municypalitét) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Bengali: পৌরসভা (pōurśobha) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Central Bikol: banwa — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Central Bikol: banwaan — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Bulgarian: община́ (obštiná) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Catalan: municipi — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Chinese Mandarin: 直轄市 /直辖市 (zhíxiáshì) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Czech: obec — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Danish: kommune — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Dutch: gemeente — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Esperanto: municipo — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Estonian: munitsipaliteet — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Estonian: linnavalitsus — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Extremaduran: monicípiu — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Faroese: kommuna — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Finnish: kunta — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• French: municipalité — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Galician: municipio — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Galician: concello — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Georgian: მუნიციპალიტეტი (municiṗaliṭeṭi) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• German: Gemeinde — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• German: Munizipalität — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Central Franconian: Jemeinde — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Greek: δήμος (dímos) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Hebrew: עירייה — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Hindi: नगरपालिका (nagarpālikā) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Hungarian: település — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Hungarian: közigazgatási terület — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Hungarian: város — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Hungarian: község — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Icelandic: sveitarfélag — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Irish: bardasacht — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Irish: cathair bhardais — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Irish: baile bardais — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Italian: comune — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Italian: municipalità — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Japanese: 自治体 (jichitai) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Kazakh: муниципалитет (munisipalitet) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Khmer: ក្រុង (krong) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Korean: 자치체 (jachiche) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Central Kurdish: شارەوانی (şarewanî) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Northern Kurdish: şaredarî — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Northern Kurdish: belediye — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Kyrgyz: муниципалитет (munitsipalitet) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Latin: mūnicipium — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Latvian: municipalitāte — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Lithuanian: savivaldybė — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Luxembourgish: Gemeng — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Luxembourgish: Municipalitéit — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Macedonian: општина (opština) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Central Mazahua: texjñiñi — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Mòcheno: gamoa' — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Norman: meunicipalité — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommune — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kommune — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Persian: شهرداری (šahrdâri) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Polish: gmina — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Portuguese: município — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Portuguese: comuna — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Romanian: municipalitate — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Russian: муниципалите́т (municipalitét) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Russian: комму́на (kommúna) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Russian: общи́на (obščína) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Inari-Sami: kieldâ — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Northern Sami: suohkan — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Northern Sami: gielda — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Southern Sami: tjïelte — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Scots: municipality — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏пћина — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Serbo-Croatian: муниципалитет — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpćina — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Serbo-Croatian: municipalitet — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Slovak: obec — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Slovene: občina — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Spanish: municipio — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Swahili: manispaa — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Swedish: kommun — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Tagalog: munisipalidad — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Tagalog: bayan — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Tajik: мунитсипалитет (munitsipalitet) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Tajik: шаҳрдори (šahrdor-i) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Tamil: நகராட்சி (nakarāṭci) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Tatar: муниципалитет (munitsipalitet) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Thai: เทศบาล (têet-sà-baan) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Turkish: belediye — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Ukrainian: муніципаліте́т (municypalitét) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Urdu: بلدیہ (baldiya) — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Uzbek: munitsipalitet — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Vietnamese: khu tự quản — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Welsh: bwrdeistref — a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts
• Arabic: بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya) — the governing body of such a district
• Dutch: gemeente — the governing body of such a district
• Finnish: kunnanhallitus — the governing body of such a district
• Galician: concello — the governing body of such a district
• Hindi: नगरपालिका (nagarpālikā) — the governing body of such a district
• Hungarian: helyhatóság — the governing body of such a district
• Hungarian: önkormányzat — the governing body of such a district
• Hungarian: elöljáróság — the governing body of such a district
• Hungarian: törvényhatóság — the governing body of such a district
• Icelandic: sveitarstjórn — the governing body of such a district
• Irish: bardas — the governing body of such a district
• Italian: giunta comunale — the governing body of such a district
• Persian: شهرداری (šahrdâri) — the governing body of such a district
• Polish: gmina — the governing body of such a district
• Portuguese: governo municipal — the governing body of such a district
• Tagalog: munisipyo — the governing body of such a district
• Tamil: நகராட்சி (nakarāṭci) — the governing body of such a district