city hall
Americannoun
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city halls
plural
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the administration building of a city government.
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a city administration or government.
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Informal. a bureaucracy or bureaucratic rules and regulations, especially that of a city government.
You can't fight city hall.
noun
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the building housing the administrative offices of a city or municipal government
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municipal government
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the officials of a municipality collectively
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informal bureaucracy
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of city hall
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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To get bottles of fresh water, she had travelled 30 minutes each way to the Uki city hall, making the trip twice on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Official celebrations will take place in the city on Thursday with a parade and a city hall ceremony, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office announced.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
In Tartu, a large university city in the country’s east, city planners conducted drills on mass evacuations and sudden attacks on city hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
To get one more shot to fight city hall, and win.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
She must have taken an early flight from DC and gone from the airport straight to city hall!
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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