ROTUNDA


Meaning of ROTUNDA in English

/ rəʊˈtʌndə; NAmE roʊ-/ noun

a round building or hall, especially one with a curved roof (= a dome )

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: alteration of Italian rotonda (camera) round (chamber), feminine of rotondo round, from Latin rotundus , from rotare rotate.

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