# municipal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /mjuˈnɪsɪpəl/ · frequency rank #4,778

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
2. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from mūniceps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from mūnus (“duty”) + capiō (“to take”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`mmunicipal`, `mnuicipal`, `muincipal`, `munciipal`, `municcipal`, `municiapl`, `municipall`, `municipla`, `municippal`, `municpial`, `muniicpal`, `munnicipal`, `umnicipal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/municipal