4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Municipality \Mu*nic`i*pal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Municipalities}. [Cf. F. municipalit['e].] A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: municipality n 1: an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government 2: people living in a town or city having local self-government From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 44 Moby Thesaurus words for "municipality": Stadt, bailiwick, banlieue, boom town, borough, bourg, bureau, burg, burgh, city, commissariat, constablery, constablewick, constabulary, conurbation, department, district, exurb, exurbia, faubourg, ghost town, greater city, market town, megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan area, ministry, office, outskirts, polis, secretariat, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shrievalty, spread city, suburb, suburbia, town, township, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs, village, ville From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests.
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