"town hall" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A building that houses the local government offices of a town. Translations (a building that houses the local government offices of a town): πρυτανεῖον (prutaneîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), քաղաքապետարան (kʿaġakʿapetaran) (Armenian), ܒܹܝܬ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (bēt mdīta) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), udaletxe [singular] (Basque), Rathaus (Bavarian), мэ́рыя (méryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), ti-kêr (Breton), casa de la vila [feminine] (Catalan), casa del comú [feminine] (Catalan), ajuntament [masculine] (Catalan), casa consistorial [feminine] (Catalan), casa comuna [feminine] (Catalan), casa de la ciutat [feminine] (Catalan), 大會堂 (Chinese Mandarin), 大会堂 (dàhuìtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), radnice [feminine] (Czech), rådhus [neuter] (Danish), stadhuis [neuter] (Dutch), raadhuis [neuter] (Dutch), gemeentehuis [neuter] (Dutch), urbdomo (Esperanto), urbodomo (Esperanto), kaupungintalo (Finnish), kunnantalo (Finnish), mairie [feminine] (French), hôtel de ville [masculine] (French), maison communale [Wallonia, feminine] (French), hôtel communal [Wallonia, masculine] (French), concello [masculine] (Galician), casa do concello [feminine] (Galician), მერია (meria) (Georgian), Rathaus [neuter] (German), Bürgermeisteramt [neuter] (German), Gemeindehaus [neuter] (German), Stadthaus [neuter] (German), δημαρχείο (dimarcheío) [neuter] (Greek), בִּנְיַן עִירִיָּה (binyán 'iriyá) [masculine] (Hebrew), városháza (Hungarian), balai kota (Indonesian), hall an bhaile [masculine] (Irish), municipio [masculine] (Italian), 町役場 (machiyakuba) (Japanese), 公会堂 (kōkaidō) (Japanese), 役場 (yakuba) (Japanese), curia [feminine] (Latin), rātsnams [masculine] (Latvian), rotušė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Märei [feminine] (Luxembourgish), wááshindoon bighan (Navajo), rådhus [neuter] (Norwegian), Stautshus [neuter] (Plautdietsch), ratusz [masculine] (Polish), prefeitura [feminine] (Portuguese), câmara municipal [feminine] (Portuguese), primăria [feminine] (Romanian), мэ́рия (mɛ́rija) [feminine] (Russian), муниципалите́т (municipalitét) [masculine] (Russian), ра́туша (rátuša) [feminine] (Russian), ayuntamiento [masculine] (Spanish), consistorio [masculine] (Spanish), casa consistorial [feminine] (Spanish), alcaldía [feminine] (Spanish), rådhus [neuter] (Swedish), bahay-pamahalaan (Tagalog), belediye binası (Turkish), ме́рія (mérija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), toà thị chính (Vietnamese), konsälöp (Volapük), ראָטהויז (rothoyz) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-town_hall-en-noun-eI5Dnf34 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 46 11 Disambiguation of 'a building that houses the local government offices of a town': 87 11 2
  2. (by extension) The town council Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Buildings Synonyms: burgh chambers [Scotland], city hall (english: larger or specially-incorporated towns), common hall, common house [obsolete], townhouse [dated]
    Sense id: en-town_hall-en-noun-CaBUxNac Disambiguation of Buildings: 22 69 9 Categories (other): 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: 32 55 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 63 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 46 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 52 18
  3. A widely accessible meeting, particularly where the audience is allowed to interact with the speakers.
    Sense id: en-town_hall-en-noun-JCgfAVB9 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 46 11

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          "word": "Rathaus"
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          "word": "δημαρχείο"
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          "word": "ἀρχεῖον"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "városháza"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "balai kota"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hall an bhaile"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "municipio"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "machiyakuba",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "町役場"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōkaidō",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "公会堂"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yakuba",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "役場"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "curia"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rātsnams"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rotušė"
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Märei"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "wááshindoon bighan"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "word": "rådhus"
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          "word": "Stautshus"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ratusz"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prefeitura"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "câmara municipal"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "primăria"
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          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "мэ́рия"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "municipalitét",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "муниципалите́т"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rátuša",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
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          "word": "ра́туша"
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          "word": "ayuntamiento"
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          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "consistorio"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "casa consistorial"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "alcaldía"
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          "_dis1": "87 11 2",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rådhus"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "bahay-pamahalaan"
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          "_dis1": "87 11 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "word": "belediye binası"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 11 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mérija",
          "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ме́рія"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́туша"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ayuntamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consistorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "casa consistorial"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcaldía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rådhus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "word": "bahay-pamahalaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "word": "belediye binası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mérija",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́рія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "word": "toà thị chính"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "word": "konsälöp"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rothoyz",
      "sense": "a building that houses the local government offices of a town",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ראָטהויז"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "town hall"
  ],
  "word": "town hall"
}

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