what does municipality mean?
A municipality is usually an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government or jurisdiction. The term municipality is also used to mean the governing body of a municipality.A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French municipalite municipalitÃ© And latin. municipalisiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: municipality (Noun). A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.