LOCAL AUTHORITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An administrative unit of local government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("local authority" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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