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MUNICIPAL
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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:
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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