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Definition 2024

local_government

local government

English

Noun

local government

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.

Translations

government whose remit covers less than that of the nation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 地方政府 ‎(dìfāng zhèngfǔ), 地方政權, 地方政权 ‎(dìfāng zhèngquán)
Finnish: paikallishallinto
German: lokale Regierung f

Japanese: 地方公共団体 (ja) ‎(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), 地方自治 ‎(ちほうじち, chihō jichi)
Russian: ме́стное самоуправле́ние n ‎(méstnoje samoupravlénije), ме́стная власть f ‎(méstnaja vlastʹ)

Antonyms

central government
federal government (in some senses)
national government