rotunda

[ roh-tuhn-duh ]
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noun
  1. a round building, especially one with a dome.

  2. a large and high circular hall or room in a building, especially one surmounted by a dome.

Origin of rotunda

1
1680–90; alteration of Italian rotonda, noun use of feminine of rotondo<Latin rotundusrotund

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rotunda

/ (rəʊˈtʌndə) /


noun
  1. a building or room having a circular plan, esp one that has a dome

Origin of rotunda

1
C17: from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotundus round, from rota a wheel

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