municipio

Borrowed from Spanish municipio. Doublet of municipium.

municipio (plural municipios)

1. A municipality in various Latin American countries.

From Latin municipium.

• IPA^(key): /mu.niˈt͡ʃi.pjo/
• Rhymes: -ipjo
• Hyphenation: mu‧ni‧cì‧pio

municipio m (plural municipi)

1. town council
2. town hall
3. register office (or other local government offices)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [muː.nɪˈkɪ.pi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mu.niˈt͡ʃiː.pi.o]

mūnicipiō

1. dative/ablative singular of mūnicipium

From Latin municipium.

• IPA^(key): /muniˈθipjo/ [mu.niˈθi.pjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /muniˈsipjo/ [mu.niˈsi.pjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ipjo
• Syllabification: mu‧ni‧ci‧pio

municipio m (plural municipios)

1. municipality

• “municipio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024