municipality

Meanings

Noun

an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
people living in a town or city having local self-government
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
The governing body of such a district.
In the Philippines and in 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.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 21

municipality is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
municipality is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
municipality is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 26

municipality is a valid Words With Friends word