Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

local government

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.19 in modern English

Syllables: lo-cal -gov-ern-ment
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A government lower than the central government of a country covering only a part of it.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

local governments (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

central government federal government

Questions

What does local government mean?: A government lower than the central government of a country covering only a part of it.

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