town council

English

Noun

town council (plural town councils)

1. The governing body of people elected to oversee management of a town and represent the interests of residents.

   Hypernym: council (elliptically synonymous in context)

   Coordinate terms: town hall (metonymically synonymous in context); county council

   Near-synonyms: city council, parish council (England), community council (Wales)

Usage notes

Regarding such councils in England and Wales, see parish council § Usage notes.

Translations

governing body

• Finnish: kunnanvaltuusto (fi), kaupunginvaltuusto (fi)
• French: conseil municipal (fr) m
• Georgian: მუნიციპალური საბჭო (municiṗaluri sabč̣o), ქალაქის საბჭო (kalakis sabč̣o)
• German: Stadtrat (de) m
• Italian: giunta comunale f
• Macedonian: гра́дски со́вет m (grádski sóvet)
• Malay: majlis bandaran, majlis perbandaran
• Polish: rada miejska
• Tagalog: sangguniang bayan
• Welsh: cyngor tref m

See also

• parochial

References

• “town council”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.