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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

自治体

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jichitai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Municipality/mjuːˈnɪs.ɪ.pəl.ə.ti/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その自治体は環境保護に力を入れている。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A city or town that has corporate status and local government.

    "The local municipality is responsible for waste management and road maintenance."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'municipalitas', relating to a 'municeps' (one who takes on duties), combining 'munus' (duty, gift) and 'capere' (to take). Entering English in the late 16th century via French, it originally referred to the status of a town with local self-government privileges before evolving to designate the governing body or the geographical entity itself.

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