Definition of "ayuntamiento" [a•yun•ta•mi•en•to]

• A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen. (noun)

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• "Birriria Mary's on the square is making birria with cash donations (left pocket of the apron for victims, right pocket for the business: standard book keeping!) and the ayuntamiento is also receiving donations People from all over town are bringing their shopping carts filled with clothing, etc."
• "About 4 o'clock next morning (September 14th) a deputation (p.  332) of the _ayuntamiento_ (city council) waited upon me to report that the federal government and the army of Mexico had fled from the capital some three hours before; and to demand terms of capitulation in favor of the church, the citizens, and the municipal authorities."
• "Folsom, Howard, Leidesdorf, and others, knowing the importance of a name, saw their danger, and, by some action of the ayuntamiento, or town council, changed the name of Yerba Buena to "San Francisco.""