city council

See also: city-council

English

Etymology

city +‎ council

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
Danish: byråd (da) n (chartered towns, legally obsolete term), kommunalbestyrelse (da) c (municipalities, contemporary legal term)
Finnish: kaupunginvaltuusto (fi)
French: conseil municipal (fr) m

German: Stadtrat (de) m
Italian: consiglio municipale m
Japanese: (city) 市議会 (しぎかい, shigikai), (town) 町議会 (ちょうぎかい, chōgikai)
Malay: majlis bandaraya
Polish: rada miejska f
Russian: городско́й сове́т m (gorodskój sovét), горсове́т (ru) m (gorsovét), (outside Russia) муниципа́льный сове́т m (municipálʹnyj sovét)
Spanish: ayuntamiento (es) m (Spain), concejo (es) m

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