civic

Definitions


[ˈsɪvɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal
(e.g: a meeting of civic and business leaders)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from French civique or Latin civicus, from civis ‘citizen’. The original use was in civic garland, crown, etc., translating Latin corona civica, denoting a garland of oak leaves and acorns given in ancient Rome to a person who saved a fellow citizen's life




definition by Oxford Dictionaries