municipality

municipality antonyms

country compare municipality and country
countryside compare municipality and countryside

municipality definitions

noun

  • The governing body of such a district. 

  • A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village. 

  • In Mexico and other Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.