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municipality
Noun
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A district with a government that usually encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, town, or village.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
canton
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noun
a small administrative division of a country
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verb
divide into cantons, of a country
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verb
(= quarter)
provide housing for (military personnel)
Canton
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noun
(= Guangzhou)
a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
geneva
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noun
gin made in the Netherlands
Geneva
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noun
a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations