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premunicipal

premunicipal adjective: before the establishment of a municipality.

Adjective

premunicipal (not comparable)

  1. Before the establishment of a municipality.
    • It is noticeable that many of these changes to urban policy and government bear more resemblance to the premunicipal era in the early phase of capitalist urbanization.2008, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, A Companion to the City, page 512

Origin of premunicipal

From pre- + municipal.

Questions about premunicipal

What does premunicipal mean?
Premunicipal means before the establishment of a municipality.
What part of speech is premunicipal?
Premunicipal is an adjective.

Words near premunicipal in the dictionary

  1. premultiplies
  2. premultiply
  3. premultiplying
  4. premundane
  5. premune
  6. premunicipal
  7. premunire
  8. premunire facias
  9. premunires
  10. premunition
  11. premunitory

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