"city hall" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪti ˌhɔːl/ [UK], /ˈsɪtɪ ˌhɔːl/ [UK], /ˈsɪti ˌhɔl/ [US], /ˈsɪti ˌhɑl/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-city hall.wav [Southern-England] Forms: city halls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} city hall (plural city halls)
  1. The building that houses a city's government. Translations (building): stadsaal (Afrikaans), بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), քաղաքապետարան (kʿaġakʿapetaran) (Armenian), ܒܹܝܬ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (bēt mdīta) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), udaletxe [singular] (Basque), ajuntament [masculine] (Catalan), casa de la vila [feminine] (Catalan), casa consistorial [feminine] (Catalan), casa de la ciutat [feminine] (Catalan), 大會堂 (Chinese Mandarin), 大会堂 (dàhuìtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 市政廳 (Chinese Mandarin), 市政厅 (shìzhèngtīng) (Chinese Mandarin), radnice [feminine] (Czech), rådhus [neuter] (Danish), stadhuis [neuter] (Dutch), raadhuis [neuter] (Dutch), urbdomo (Esperanto), urbodomo (Esperanto), vallamaja (Estonian), kaupungintalo (Finnish), hôtel de ville [masculine] (French), mairie [feminine] (French), maison communale [feminine] (French), casa do concello [feminine] (Galician), Rathaus [neuter] (German), δημαρχείο (dimarcheío) [neuter] (Greek), בִּנְיַן עִירִיָּה (binyán 'iriyá) [masculine] (Hebrew), városháza (Hungarian), ráðhús [neuter] (Icelandic), municipio [masculine] (Italian), comune [masculine] (Italian), 市役所 (shiyakusho) (alt: しやくしょ) (Japanese), សាលាក្រុង (sālā krong) (Khmer), 시청사 (sicheongsa) (Korean), raatihuonet (Kven), гра́дска ку́ќа (grádska kúḱa) [feminine] (Macedonian), гра́дски дом (grádski dom) [masculine] (Macedonian), rådhus [neuter] (Norwegian), Stautshus [neuter] (Plautdietsch), ratusz [masculine] (Polish), câmara municipal [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), prefeitura [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), primărie [feminine] (Romanian), зда́ние муниципалите́та (zdánije municipalitéta) [neuter] (Russian), ра́туша (rátuša) [feminine] (Russian), већница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), većnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alcaldía [feminine] (Spanish), ayuntamiento [masculine] (Spanish), consistorio [masculine] (Spanish), casa consistorial [feminine] (Spanish), rådhus [neuter] (Swedish), stadshus [neuter] (Swedish), gusaling panlunsod (Tagalog), belediye binası (Turkish), ра́туша (rátuša) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ме́рія (mérija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tòa thị chính (Vietnamese), tòa thị chánh (Vietnamese), tòa thị sảnh (Vietnamese), konsälöp (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-city_hall-en-noun-X-sU38LH Disambiguation of 'building': 100 0
  2. (figuratively, metonymically) The city government; government in general. Tags: figuratively, metonymically Categories (topical): Buildings, Collectives Synonyms: town hall, City Hall, city chambers (english: term used in Scotland) Translations (government): udal [singular] (Basque), ajuntament [masculine] (Catalan), batllia [feminine] (Catalan), consistori [masculine] (Catalan), 市政府 (shìzhèngfǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), radnice [feminine] (Czech), magistrát [masculine] (Czech), rådhus [neuter] (Danish), raadhuis [neuter] (Dutch), stadhuis [neuter] (Dutch), gemeentehuis [neuter] (Dutch), urbreĝistaro (Esperanto), kaupunginhallitus (Finnish), mairie [feminine] (French), concello [masculine] (Galician), Rathaus [neuter] (German), δημαρχείο (dimarcheío) [neuter] (Greek), comune [masculine] (Italian), 시청 (sicheong) (Korean), о́пштина (ópština) [feminine] (Macedonian), гра́дска у́права (grádska úprava) [feminine] (Macedonian), гра́дски со́вет (grádski sóvet) [feminine] (Macedonian), ratusz [masculine] (Polish), câmara municipal [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), prefeitura [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), муниципалите́т (municipalitét) [masculine] (Russian), городско́й сове́т (gorodskój sovét) [masculine] (Russian), alcaldía [feminine] (Spanish), ayuntamiento (Spanish), consistorio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-city_hall-en-noun-upkvqp3O Disambiguation of Buildings: 12 88 Disambiguation of Collectives: 6 94 Categories (other): English metonyms, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'government': 44 56

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajuntament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "batllia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consistori"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìzhèngfǔ",
      "sense": "government",
      "word": "市政府"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radnice"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magistrát"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rådhus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "raadhuis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stadhuis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gemeentehuis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "government",
      "word": "urbreĝistaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "government",
      "word": "kaupunginhallitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mairie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "concello"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rathaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimarcheío",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δημαρχείο"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sicheong",
      "sense": "government",
      "word": "시청"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ópština",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́пштина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "grádska úprava",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гра́дска у́права"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "grádski sóvet",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гра́дски со́вет"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ratusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "câmara municipal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prefeitura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "municipalitét",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "муниципалите́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorodskój sovét",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "городско́й сове́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcaldía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "government",
      "word": "ayuntamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consistorio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "city hall"
  ],
  "word": "city hall"
}

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