Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An yi amfani da kalmar "senate", a baya, a matsayin madadin sunan hukumomin gwamnatin birni na wasu manyan biranen Fotigal da na Daular Fotigal, in ba haka ba da aka sani da "câmaras" (ɗakuna, wanda kuma aka fassara a matsayin "majalisun birni"). A cikin 1832, an daidaita sunan duk majalisun birni a matsayin "câmara municipal" (majalisa ta gari). Wani sanannen banda shi ne Majalisar Municipal na Macau, wanda ya sami damar kiyaye taken gargajiya na "Leal Senado" (Masu Aminci), wanda aka ba shi a cikin 1810, har zuwa mika wuya
na Macau zuwa gwamnatin kasar Sin a shekarar 1999.