mayoralty

English

Etymology

From Middle English mairaltee, from Middle French mairalté.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl.ti/, /ˈmɛə.ɹəl.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl.ti/, /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl.ti/

Noun

mayoralty (countable and uncountable, plural mayoralties)

1. The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.
   • 2009 February 16, Simon Romero, “Chávez Decisively Wins Bid to End Term Limits”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The results, coming after voters had rejected a similar effort by Mr. Chávez just 15 months ago, pointed to his resilience after a decade in power, as well as to the fragmentation of his opposition, which as recently as November had won key mayoralties and governorships.

   • 2021, “Mayoralty of Boris Johnson”, in Wikipedia, retrieved 2021-11-10:

     During his mayoralty, Johnson oversaw the preparations and hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics and oversaw the cycle hire scheme, both initiated by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.

Translations

the office or term of a mayor

• Belarusian: мэ́рыя f (méryja)
• Finnish: pormestarius, kaupunginjohtajuus
• French: mairie (fr) f
• Georgian: მერია (meria)
• German: Bürgermeisteramt n
• Greek: δημαρχία (el) f (dimarchía)
• Italian: sindacatura f
• Maori: meatanga
• Russian: мэ́рия (ru) f (mɛ́rija)
• Ukrainian: ме́рія f (mérija)

See also

• administration (tenure of an officeholder; for example, "the Bloomberg administration" means the "mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg")