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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We have done to-day one hotel de ville, one episcopal palace, one cathedral, and some relics of St. Lucius.
From Samuel Brohl and Company by Cherbuliez, Victor
He known in Marion just so well as the steeple on the hotel de ville.
From The Landloper by Day, Holman
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
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 market was held partly in the little square of the hotel de ville, a structure which a flattering wood-cut in the Guide-Joanne had given me a desire to behold.
From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry
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