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hôtel de ville
[ oh-tel duh veel ]
noun
, French.
, plural hô·tels de ville [oh-, tel, d, uh, , veel].
- 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.
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By the workhouse and its board the cottage is governed; the workhouse is the centre, the bureau, the hôtel de ville.
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We do not ask possession of the Hôtel de Ville, but we are prepared to maintain our righteous occupation of the Tuileries.
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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.
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Douai has a Hôtel de Ville and belfry, too, which were entirely unlooked for.
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