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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We stood inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 28 June 2025
Historic Victorian-style homes stand in front of the San Francisco skyline, with the City Hall rotunda visible, in California on June 27, 2023.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Michael Stewart, president of the Satanic Grotto, was released from jail on a $1,000 bond on suspicion of disorderly conduct and having an unlawful assembly in the first-floor rotunda of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
With sweeping ocean-to-skyline views, a chef’s kitchen clad in Viola marble, and a rotunda balcony made for sunset cocktails, Roy’s listing adds another marquee name—and a serious asking price—to Miami Beach’s ultra-luxury market.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
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“Rotunda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rotunda. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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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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