local government

Noun

Meaning

the government of a local area

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Local authorities council corporation assembly chamber administration executive municipality city hall political townhall city council ayuntamiento town council municipal government
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Antonyms

federal government central government federal agency governmental entity government department federal office
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Hypernyms

government authorities regime

Hyponyms

municipal government

Examples

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government. Calvin Coolidge

In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States. Albert Bushnell Hart

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law. Dick Thornburgh

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system. Imran Khan

At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law. Margaret Thatcher

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. Richard Nixon

Close letter words and terms

Local Galaxy local gigantism local governing local grass roots local gravity local grid