MUNICIPAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does municipal mean? 

• MUNICIPAL (adjective)
  The adjective MUNICIPAL has 2 senses:

1. relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality

2. of or relating to the government of a municipality

  Familiarity information: MUNICIPAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUNICIPAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

municipal transportation

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the government of a municipality

Context example:

international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law

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)

 Context examples 

The multistudy effort to investigate whether exposure to certain environmental factors (water quality, air pollution, electromagnetic fields, pesticides and other toxic chemicals, hazardous and municipal waste, etc.) contribute to the increased risk of breast cancer.

(Long Island Breast Cancer Study, NCI Thesaurus)

It is envisaged that the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology could one day be used in the developing countries in areas lacking sanitation and installed in homes in the developed countries to help clean waste before it flows into the municipal sewerage network, reducing the burden on water companies to treat effluent.

(Electricity from Sewage: Process Also Kills Germs, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)