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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

água municipal

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-gwah moo-nee-see-pawl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Municipal water/mjuːˈnɪs.ɪ.pəl ˈwɔː.tər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A água municipal é tratada na estação de tratamento local."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Potable water supplied by a local government or municipality to residential, commercial, and industrial properties.

    "The city council announced routine maintenance on the municipal water supply system."
  2. 2

    Treated water managed by public utilities for civic and domestic use.

    "Many residents choose to filter their municipal water before drinking it."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'municipal', originating from Latin 'municipalis' (pertaining to a free town or city), and 'water', derived from Old English 'wæter'. Together, it developed in the 19th century with the rise of modern urban infrastructure and public utility systems.

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