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hôtel de ville

[ oh-tel duh veel ]

noun

, French.
, plural hô·tels de ville [oh-, tel, d, uh, , veel].
  1. a city hall.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hôtel de ville1

Literally, “mansion of the city”

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Example Sentences

While the mob was searching the Hôtel de Ville these men conferred in a small out-of-the-way chamber behind locked doors.

By the workhouse and its board the cottage is governed; the workhouse is the centre, the bureau, the hôtel de ville.

We do not ask possession of the Hôtel de Ville, but we are prepared to maintain our righteous occupation of the Tuileries.

At seven in the evening they had a grand supper at the Hôtel de Ville, and afterwards the bonfire was lit and fireworks sent up.

Douai has a Hôtel de Ville and belfry, too, which were entirely unlooked for.

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