city hall

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noun(often initial capital letters)
  1. the administration building of a city government.

  2. a city administration or government.

  1. Informal. a bureaucracy or bureaucratic rules and regulations, especially that of a city government: You can't fight city hall.

Origin of city hall

1
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75

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British Dictionary definitions for city hall

city hall

noun
  1. the building housing the administrative offices of a city or municipal government

  2. mainly US and Canadian

    • municipal government

    • the officials of a municipality collectively

  1. US informal bureaucracy

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