rotunda

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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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In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. The central hall of the U.S. Capitol is an example of the rotunda in its familiar role as part of a monumental public building.

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1. A circular building, especially one with a dome.
2. A circular hall in a large building, esp. one covered by a cupola.

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Rotunda or The Rotunda may refer to:

Rotunda (architecture), any building with a circular ground plan, often covered by a dome
Rotunda (script), a specific medieval blackletter script
Pentagonal rotunda, a polyhedral solid formed from half an icosidodecahedron

Places:

Rotunda of St. George, built as the "Tomb of Galerius" in Thessaloniki in 306 AD
Rotunda Hospital, built as the "New Lying-In Hospital" in 1757 in Dublin, Ireland
Rotunda Museum, museum of geology in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.
The Ducal Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St Catherine in Znojmo,Czech Republic
The Rotunda (University of Virginia)
The Rotunda (Hermann, Missouri), listed on the NRHP in Missouri
The D'Alemberte Rotunda Florida State University, a structural and architectural pedagogue that is part of FSU's College of Law and center of its Village Green
Rotunda (Birmingham), built as "The Rotunda" in 1964
United States Capitol rotunda, in Washington, D.C.
The Rotunda (Baltimore), a mall located near Johns Hopkins University
Rotunda, Olt, a commune in Olt County, Romania
Rotunda, a village in Corbeni Commune, Argeş County, Romania
Rotunda, a village in Buza Commune, Cluj County, Romania
Rotunda, a village in Doljeşti Commune, Neamţ County, Romania
Rotunda, a village administered by Liteni town, Suceava County, Romania
Rotunda, Edineţ, a commune in Edineţ District, Moldova
The Rotunda (Woolwich), a John Nash building in Woolwich, London, UK, affiliated to Firepower, the Royal Artillery museum
The Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens, London, a now demolished but once fashionable social meeting place and function room

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Translations: Rotunda

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rotunde, rund bygning

Nederlands (Dutch)
rotonde, rond gebouw/ ruimte

Français (French)
n. - rotonde

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rotunde

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) ροτόντα

Italiano (Italian)
rotonda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rotunda (f) (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
ротонда

Español (Spanish)
n. - rotonda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rotunda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
圆形建筑, 圆形大厅

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 圓形建築, 圓形大廳

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원형 건물, 원형 홀

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 円形建築物, 円形大広間

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مبنى مستدير, قاعه مستديرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בניין עגול, בייחוד עם כיפה, אולם או חדר עגול‬

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