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MUNICIPAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the government of a municipality

Example:

international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

domestic (of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation)

Derivation:

municipality (an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality

Example:

municipal transportation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

municipality (people living in a town or city having local self-government)

Derivation:

municipality (an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government)

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