town hall

American  

noun

1. a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.

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town hall British  

noun

1. the chief building in which municipal business is transacted, often with a hall for public meetings

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Etymology

Origin of town hall

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

"French town hall elections yielded no big breakthrough for the far right and no clear trend nationwide," Mujtaba Rahman, Europe director at risk analysis firm Eurasia Group, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Up the street at the town hall in Weil am Rhein the mayor Diana Stöcker, from the conservative Christian Democratic Union of Germany party, is also about to hire workers from India.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

More recently, the actor has been taken to task for remarks made at a town hall hosted by CNN and Variety in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Last week, a small section of CNN and Variety’s February town hall interview with Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey broke the internet’s door down and stomped into the public consciousness.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

The second refugee camp, farther inside the town, was smaller, smelled better, and used to be a town hall.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Related Words

• city center
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