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Rotunda
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Rotunda
A rotunda is a round building. The term is especially applied to one that is round both on the outside and the inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, the term is used for a large round room; as for example with the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington DC. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TR.HTM
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Rotunda
[script] The Rotunda is a specific medieval blackletter script. It originates in Carolingian minuscule. Sometimes, it is not considered a blackletter script, but a script on its own. It was used mainly in southern Europe. ==Characteristics== The difference between the Rotunda and other black... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotunda_(script)
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rotunda
[n] - a building having a circular plan and a dome 2. [n] - a large circular room Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=rotunda
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Rotunda
a circular building or room, implies a domed roof. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935
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Rotunda
In architecture, this is a round building, or room, usually with a domed roof.
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Rotunda
Ro·tun'da noun [ Confer Italian rotonda , French rotonde ; both from Latin rotundus round. See Rotund , adjective ] (Architecture) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the o... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/96
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rotunda
noun a large circular room Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rotunda
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Rotunda
• (a.) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/rotunda/
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Rotunda
(from the article `calligraphy`) ...types and hence into much wider use. In Italy the writing during the same period took on weight, but the curves of comparable book script never ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/71
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rotunda
in Classical and Neoclassical architecture, building or room within a building that is circular or oval in plan and covered with a dome. The ... [2 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/71
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Rotunda
[architecture] A rotunda (from Latin rotundus) is any building with a circular ground plan, sometimes covered by a dome. It can also refer to a round room within a building (a famous example being within the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.). The Pantheon in Rome is a famous rotunda... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotunda_(architecture)
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Rotunda
[Birmingham] The Rotunda is an iconic, cylindrical highrise building in Birmingham, England. The Grade II listed building is {convert|81|m|ft|0} tall and was completed in 1965. It was refurbished between 2004 and 2008 by Urban Splash with Glenn Howells who turned it into a residential buildi... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotunda_(Birmingham)
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Rotunda
A round building often covered with a dome. A large round room or hall, generally in the centre of a building. Found op http://www.arca.net/postcard/gourl.html?URL=http://www.arca.net/tourism/glo
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rotunda
- a building having a circular plan and a dome
- a large circular room
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Rotunda
[Woolwich] The Rotunda on Woolwich Common, in south-east London, is an artillery museum which was established in 1820. The building was originally a very large bell tent erected in St. James`s Park in 1814 for a special exhibition and premature victory reception of the allied sovereigns in t... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotunda_(Woolwich)
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Rotunda
[PKO] PKO Rotunda is a rotunda-type building of the PKO BP bank in Warsaw, Poland. Designed in 1960–1969 (chief achitect was Zbigniew Karpiński), it was the site of the 1979 Warsaw gas explosion. ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotunda_(PKO)
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rotunda
1) Building 2) Capitol construction 3) Capitol feature 4) Circular building 5) Domed building 6) Edifice 7) Hotel lobby, maybe 8) Jefferson memorial feature 9) Pantheon feature 10) Round building 11) Washington landmark, wi... Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/rotunda/1
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