rotunda
Americannoun
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a round building, especially one with a dome.
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a large and high circular hall or room in a building, especially one surmounted by a dome.
noun
Etymology
Origin of rotunda
1680–90; alteration of Italian rotonda, noun use of feminine of rotondo < Latin rotundus rotund
Example Sentences
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“But she walked into the rotunda and she started reading Lincoln’s words that are engraved into the wall. It was such a moving moment.”
From Los Angeles Times
Flames also tore through Rogers’ white-and-green horse stable, which had an elegant central rotunda.
From Los Angeles Times
Standing in the central rotunda in 2014, beneath the cathedral-esque vaulted ceilings, it was hard to take in: I gazed down cellblock after cellblock, stretching out like spokes on a wheel.
From Salon
And it incinerated his white-and-green stable with its stately central rotunda.
From Los Angeles Times
Built in 1939 as the Floral Hall, the Ocean Room is a distinctive rotunda building, and for the past 50 years has operated as a night club and function venue.
From BBC
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