MUNICIPALITIES Synonyms

• a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

• an incorporated administrative district established by state charter

• people living in a large densely populated municipality

• a group of people living in a particular local area

• a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common

• common ownership

• a group of nations having common interests

• agreement as to goals

• a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

• (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

• (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

• (United States) the largest administrative district within a state

• a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

• regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

• (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

• in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

• the extended spatial location of something

• a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

• a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

• the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')

• a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

• an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

• United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)

• the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

• an administrative division of a county