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ro⋅tun⋅da

  [roh-tuhn-duh]
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–noun
1. a round building, esp. one with a dome.
2. a large and high circular hall or room in a building, esp. one surmounted by a dome.
Origin:
1680–90; alter. of It rotonda, n. use of fem. of rotondo < L rotundus rotund
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ro·tun·da   (rō-tŭn'də)   
n.  

  1. A circular building, especially one with a dome.

    1. A large area with a high ceiling, as in a hotel lobby.

    2. A large round room.


[Italian rotonda, from feminine of rotondo, round, from Latin rotundus; see rotund.]
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Main Entry: rotunda
—see FENESTRA ROTUNDA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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