Baladiyah

Baladiyah () is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district" or "municipality". The plural is baladiyat (). Grammatically, it is the feminine of "rural, country-, folk-".
The Arabic term amanah () is also used for "municipality".
Turkish.
In Turkish, the word belediye (definite accusative "belediyesi"), which is a loan from Arabic, means "municipality" or "city council".