# municipality

> English word · Noun · IPA /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/ · frequency rank #11,073

## Definitions
1. A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
2. The governing body of such a district.
3. In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”). Equivalent to municipal + -ity.

## Common misspellings (18)
`mmunicipality`, `mnuicipality`, `muincipality`, `munciipality`, `municcipality`, `municiaplity`, `municipailty`, `municipalitty`, `municipalityy`, `municipaliyt`, `municipallity`, `municipaltiy`, `municiplaity`, `municippality`, `municpiality`, `muniicpality`, `munnicipality`, `umnicipality`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/municipality