municipal

adjective
🔊/mjuːˈnɪsɪpl/
🔊/mjuːˈnɪsɪpl/
[usually before noun]
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  1. connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government市政的;地方政府的
    • municipal elections/councils地方政府选举;市政委员会
    • municipal workers市政工作者
    • the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery洛杉矶市立美术馆
    Topics Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMunicipal is used with these nouns:
    • administration
    • authority
    • bond
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally relating to the internal affairs of a state as distinct from its foreign relations): from Latin municipalis (from municipium ‘free city’, from municeps, municip- ‘citizen with privileges’, from munia ‘civic offices’) + capere ‘take’.