hôtel de ville
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of hôtel de ville
Literally, “mansion of the city”
Example Sentences
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A new hotel de ville was about to be erected in a neighboring city, and the authorities had selected him to paint the great panel at the right of the main entrance.
From Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
The museum occupies several chambers at the top of the hotel de ville, and is not an imposing collection.
From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry
I shall talk some more—yes, I shall talk in the hotel de ville when you shall tell me to talk.
From The Landloper by Day, Holman
The hotel de ville, a building in the classical style of the middle of the 17th century, looks on to a picturesque square.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The only two lions at Narbonne are the cathedral and the museum, the latter of which is quartered in the hotel de ville.
From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry
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