"local government" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: local governments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} local government (countable and uncountable, plural local governments)
  1. Any form of government whose remit covers an area less than that of the nation and, in some cases, less than that of a state. Wikipedia link: local government Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Government Translations (government whose remit covers less than that of the nation): স্থানীয় সরকার (sthaniẏo śorkar) (Bengali), 地方政府 (dìfāng zhèngfǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), paikallishallinto (Finnish), lokale Regierung [feminine] (German), τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση (topikí aftodioíkisi) [feminine] (Greek), 地方公共団体 (alt: ちほうこうきょうだんたい, ちほうこうきょうだんたい, chihō kōkyō dantai) (Japanese), 地方自治 (chihō jichi) (alt: ちほうじち) (Japanese), തദ്ദേശ ഭരണകൂടം (taddēśa bharaṇakūṭaṁ) (Malayalam), samorząd [masculine] (Polish), ме́стное самоуправле́ние (méstnoje samoupravlénije) [neuter] (Russian), ме́стная власть (méstnaja vlastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), yerel yönetim (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "sthaniẏo śorkar",
          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
          "word": "স্থানীয় সরকার"
        },
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          "roman": "dìfāng zhèngfǔ",
          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
          "word": "地方政府"
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          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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          ],
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          "alt": "ちほうこうきょうだんたい, ちほうこうきょうだんたい, chihō kōkyō dantai",
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          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "taddēśa bharaṇakūṭaṁ",
          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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          "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
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        }
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      "word": "national government"
    }
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "sthaniẏo śorkar",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "word": "স্থানীয় সরকার"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìfāng zhèngfǔ",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "word": "地方政府"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "word": "paikallishallinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lokale Regierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "topikí aftodioíkisi",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちほうこうきょうだんたい, ちほうこうきょうだんたい, chihō kōkyō dantai",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "word": "地方公共団体"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちほうじち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chihō jichi",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "word": "地方自治"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "taddēśa bharaṇakūṭaṁ",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "word": "തദ്ദേശ ഭരണകൂടം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samorząd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méstnoje samoupravlénije",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ме́стное самоуправле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méstnaja vlastʹ",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́стная власть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "government whose remit covers less than that of the nation",
      "word": "yerel yönetim"
    }
  ],
  "word": "local government"
}

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