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Definition 2024

city_council

city council

See also: city-council

English

Noun

city council ‎(plural city councils)

A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents.

Synonyms

town council; municipal council; common council (UK); consulate (obs.)
capitoulate (historical, Toulouse)

Derived terms

Derived terms

city councillor / city councilor
city councilman / city councilwoman

majority council
minority council

Related terms

councilman / councilwoman
councillor / councilor

Translations

town/city governing body

Catalan: ajuntament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 市政會, 市政会 ‎(shìzhènghuì), 市政廳 (zh), 市政厅 (zh) ‎(shìzhèngtīng)
Czech: městská rada f
Finnish: kaupunginvaltuusto (fi)
French: conseil municipal (fr) m

German: Stadtrat (de) m
Japanese: (city) 市議会 ‎(しぎかい, shigikai), (town) 町議会 ‎(ちょうぎかい, chōgikai)
Polish: rada miejska f
Russian: городско́й сове́т m ‎(gorodskój sovét), горсове́т (ru) m ‎(gorsovét), (outside Russia) муниципа́льный сове́т m ‎(municipálʹnyj sovét)