rotunda
noun
ro·tun·da
rō-ˈtən-də 
1
: a round building
especially
: one covered by a dome
2
a
: a large round room
b
: a large central area (as in a hotel)
Examples of rotunda in a Sentence
We stood inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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Think of the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., the Roman Coliseum in Italy, and the Guangzhou Circle in China.
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Shaw was in the Capitol rotunda for 14 minutes with his teenage son.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
The incident involving the window resulted from an altercation in the main rotunda during Friday's game.
—Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
The rotunda of the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum was quiet.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Shaw was in the Capitol rotunda for 14 minutes with his teenage son.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
The incident involving the window resulted from an altercation in the main rotunda during Friday's game.
—Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
The rotunda of the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum was quiet.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
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rotunda
noun
ro·tun·da
rō-ˈtən-də
1
: a round building
especially
: one covered by a dome
2
a
: a large round room
b
: a large central area (as in a hotel)
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