See rotunda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "typography: Gothic typeface based on a 13th-C. rounded script",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rotunda"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Pantheon, Rome"
],
"word": "rotunda"
}
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