city hall

noun

1
: the chief administrative building of a city
2
a
: a municipal government
b
: city officialdom or bureaucracy
you can't fight city hall

Examples of city hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The New Haven Green, a seventeenth-century park, is bordered on one side by courthouses and modest government offices, including the distinctive striped façade of New Haven’s city hall. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023 Maks Chmerkovskiy & Peta Murgatroyd After secretly tying the knot in a small city hall ceremony in New York City, Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd shared their love in front of family and friends with a wedding at Oheka Castle (just like Kevin and Danielle Jonas!). Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023 The national undercurrents do not mean that the usual list of hot topics at city halls has changed. Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023 Amores said Maine State Police were planning to hold a news conference, likely at city hall, to update the public on Wednesday night. TIME, 26 Oct. 2023 The district said its five other air monitors will be installed throughout South County: one in the Tijuana River Valley and the remaining in San Ysidro and Imperial Beach, including at city hall. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023 Officials at city hall said the pilgrimage brings in more than $20 million a year, and businesspeople are clearly grateful. Jeffrey Gettleman Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023 As part of its yearlong commemoration of the civil rights movement of 1963, the City of Birmingham is now displaying a collection of Chris McNair’s photographs at city hall this month. Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023 Communities in middle Tennessee now lack local reporters covering things such as city hall, local policies, crime and other neighborhood issues. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of city hall was in 1603

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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

city hall

noun
1
: the main administrative building of a city
2
a
: a municipal government
b
: city officialdom or bureaucracy
you can't fight city hall

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