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Dictionary: guild·hall   (gĭld'hôl') pronunciation
n.
  1. The meeting hall of a guild.
  2. A town hall.

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Architecture: guildhall
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A place of assembly for a society of craftsmen or merchants for their mutual assistance; an outgrowth of similar medieval organizations or guilds.


WordNet: guildhall
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the hall of a guild or corporation


Wikipedia: Guildhall
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A Guildhall is a building historically used by guilds for meetings. It is also the name of several specific buildings, now mainly used as town halls.

Guildhall can also refer to the town of Guildhall, Vermont.

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Translations: Guildhall
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gildehus, lavshus

Nederlands (Dutch)
gildenhuis, stadhuis

Français (French)
n. - salle de réunion d'une guilde, hôtel de ville, salle des banquets de la Cité de Londres

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rathaus, Zunfthaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δημαρχείο

Italiano (Italian)
palazzo delle corporazioni, municipio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sede (f) de associação ou grêmio, prefeitura (f)

Русский (Russian)
ратуша в Лондоне, место общественных собраний

Español (Spanish)
n. - ayuntamiento, lugar de reunión de un gremio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gilleshus, rådhus

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
同业公会集会所, 市府

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 同業公會集會所, 市府

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 길드의 집회장, 런던시 청사, 동사무소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 市役所, ギルド集会場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دار النقابه ( الجمعيه) في القرون الوسطى, دار البلديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית-העירייה, מקום מפגש לאיגוד או לתאגיד‬


 
 
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