premunicipal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ municipal

Adjective[edit]

premunicipal (not comparable)

  1. Before the establishment of a municipality.
    • 2008, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, A Companion to the City, page 512:
      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.