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municipal

[ myoo-nis-uh-puhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a town or city or its local government:

    municipal elections.

  2. Archaic. pertaining to the internal affairs of a state or nation rather than to international affairs.


municipal

/ ːˈɪɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a town, city, or borough or its local government
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԾ貹, noun
  • ˈԾ貹, adverb
  • ˈԾ貹, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·Ծi·貹· adverb
  • t··Ծi·貹 adjective
  • ԴDzm·Ծi·貹 adjective
  • non·Ծi·貹· adverb
  • m·Ծi·貹 adjective
  • ܲȴ-·Ծi·貹 adjective
  • quasi-·Ծi·貹· adverb
  • p··Ծi·貹 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of municipal1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ūԾ, from ūԾ-, stem of ūԾ “citizen of a free town” (from ūԾ() “duties” + -ceps, combining form of capere “to take”; prince ) + - -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of municipal1

C16: from Latin ūԾ辱ܳ a free town, from ūԾ citizen from ūԾ responsibilities + capere to take
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It wouldn’t apply to customers served by municipal electric utilities.

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AB 942 would not apply to rooftop solar customers who live in territory served by the state’s municipal utilities, including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

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City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, the top municipal budget analyst, said the spending plan would provide the fire department with money to hire an additional 227 employees, roughly half of them firefighters.

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City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, the top municipal budget analyst, warned a few weeks ago that layoffs would be “nearly inevitable.”

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While residency requirements for municipal seats are common, Huntington Park’s move to investigate one of its own council members, then remove her unilaterally, is virtually unprecedented, experts say.

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