"hall of residence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: halls of residence [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|halls of residence}} hall of residence (plural halls of residence)
  1. (UK) A building for college or university students to live in. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Buildings, Universities Synonyms: residence hall Translations (building for university students to live in): col·legi major [masculine] (Catalan), kolej [feminine] (Czech), opiskelija-asuntola (Finnish), asuntola (Finnish), akademik [masculine] (Polish), dom akademicki [masculine] (Polish), študentski dom [masculine] (Slovene), colegio mayor [masculine] (Spanish), ký túc xá (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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