Editing Municipality (section)

=== Other terms ===
In Greece, the word {{Lang|el|Δήμος|italic=no}} ({{Lang|el-latn|demos}}) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound ''democracy'' (rule of the people).

In some countries, the Spanish term ''{{lang|es|[[ayuntamiento]]}}'', referring to a municipality's administration building, is extended via [[synecdoche]] to denote the municipality itself.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ASALE |first=RAE- |last2=RAE |title=ayuntamiento {{!}} Diccionario de la lengua española |url=https://dle.rae.es/ayuntamiento |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=«Diccionario de la lengua española» - Edición del Tricentenario |language=es}}</ref> In [[Communes of Moldova|Moldova]] and [[Communes of Romania|Romania]], both ''municipalities'' (''[[municipiu]]''; urban administrative units) and ''communes'' ({{Lang|ro|[[comună]]}}; rural units) exist, and a commune may be part of a municipality.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

In many countries, comparable entities may exist with various names.