rotunda
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də 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:
1680–90; alteration of Italian rotonda, noun use of feminine of rotondo < Latin rotundus rotund
1680–90; alteration of Italian rotonda, noun use of feminine of rotondo < Latin rotundus rotund
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| —n | |
| a building or room having a circular plan, esp one that has a dome | |
| [C17: from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotundus round, from rota a wheel] | |
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Word Origin & History
rotunda
"round building," 1687, from It. rotonda, especially the Pantheon, from L. rotunda, fem. of rotundus "round" (see rotund). Meaning "circular hall or room within a building" is from 1780.
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Example sentences
The windows of the cupola provide a tremendous volume of light to illuminate the rotunda inside.
There were popular stars in the past equipped with their own rotunda.
Note the stenciling and the four murals on the interior's rotunda.
The first floor rotunda is the site of four beautiful monuments located at the foot of the grand staircases to the second floor.
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