munguba (mungoba)

[Native name.] stately species of silk-cotton tree, Bombax Mun gub a, found on the Amazon and Rio Negro. 3899 The proposal seems to aim at the municipal is at i on of land, by placing the local authority in the position of ultimate landlord. Nineteenth Century, XVIII. 525. Such is the present position of affairs in Paris, and it certainly points in the direction of the municipal is at i on of the bread trade. Lancet, No. 3465, p. 209. municipally (mu-nis'i-pal-i), adv. In a municipal manner; as regards municipal rule. municipium (mu-ni-sip'i-um), n.; pl. munici pia (-a). [L.: see municipal.] In ancient times, an Italian town with local rights of self government and some of the privileges of Roman citizenship; later, a town-government similarly constituted, wherever situated. A colony was brought to it [the ancient Carnuntum]; it was made a municipium; and the emperor Aurelius spent much of his time in this city. Pococke , Description of the East, II. ii. 241. munifict (mu-nif'ik), a. [ Disperse this plague-distilling cloud, and clear My mungy soul into a glorious day. Quaries, Emblems, v 5.