"main building" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: main buildings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} main building (plural main buildings)
  1. The most important building of a group of buildings (e.g. in a school/university). Wikipedia link: Main Building Translations (most important building of a group of buildings (e.g. in a school/university)): hoofdgebouw [neuter] (Dutch), päärakennus (Finnish), Hauptgebäude [feminine] (German), aðalbygging [feminine] (Icelandic), hovedbygning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hovudbygning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ana bina (Turkish)

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