| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | com·mune |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k m y n , k -myn |
| NOUN: | 1a. A relatively small, often rural community whose members share common interests, work, and income and often own property collectively. b. The people in such a community. 2. The smallest local political division of various European countries, governed by a mayor and municipal council. 3a. A local community organized with a government for promoting local interests. b. A municipal corporation in the Middle Ages. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, independent municipality, from Old French comugne, from Medieval Latin comm nia, community, from neuter of Latin commnis, common. See mei-1 in Appendix I.
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