{
    "term": "municipal",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**municipal elections/councils**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "municipal workers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mjuːˈnɪsɪpl/",
                "audio": "mu/municipal/municipal__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mjuːˈnɪsɪpl/",
                "audio": "mu/municipal/municipal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (originally relating to the internal affairs of a state as distinct from its foreign relations): from Latin municipalis (from municipium ‘free city’, from municeps, municip- ‘citizen with privileges’, from munia ‘civic offices’) + capere ‘take’."
}