city council

English

Etymology

city +‎ council

Noun

city council (plural city councils)

1. 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／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)
• Dutch: gemeenteraad (nl) m
• Finnish: kaupunginvaltuusto (fi)
• French: conseil municipal (fr) m
• Galician: concello (gl) m
• German: Stadtrat (de) m
• Indonesian: dewan kota
• Italian: consiglio municipale m
• Japanese: (city) 市議会 (ja) (しぎかい, shigikai), (town) 町議会 (ja) (ちょうぎかい, chōgikai)
• Malay: majlis bandaraya
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bystyre n

  Nynorsk: bystyre n

• Polish: rada miejska f
• Portuguese: conselho municipal m
• 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
• Tagalog: sangguniang panlungsod (of cities), sangguniang bayan (of towns or municipalities)
• Ukrainian: міська́ ра́да f (misʹká ráda), міськра́да f (misʹkráda)