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AH020387 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Municipality

'Municipality' simply means 'city' or it means something more than just 'city'?
  

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It has a politico-legal implication that the simple word 'city' does not: Municipality: an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government. City: an urban area.

— Mister Micawber

  • It has a politico-legal implication that the simple word 'city' does not: Municipality: an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government.
  • City: an urban area.
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It has a politico-legal implication that the simple word 'city' does not:

Municipality: an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government.
City: an urban area.
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Hi,
Municipality - refers to an Urban area ( or ) say district head quarter.
Municipal corporation - refers to a metropolitan city or a big city.

Regards,
Sri
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So would you say the Vatican is a municipality?
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No. It is a sovereign state.
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