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Meaning of city hall | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈsɪti ˌhɔːl

Definitions

Any specific city hall, which in context (i.e., discussions within its city or about its city) is called by this name, written in capital letters.
The building that houses a city's government.
The city government (city council, mayor, etc.); government in general.
figuratively, metonymically

Equivalents

Afrikaans stadsaal

العربية بلدية

Български кме́тство община

Bosanski vijećnica кметство

Català ajuntament

Čeština magistrát radnice

Dansk rådhus

Deutsch Rathaus

Ελληνικά δημαρχείο δημαρχία

Esperanto urbdomo urbodomo

Español alcaldía ayuntamiento casa consistorial consistorio

Euskara udaletxe

Suomi kaupungintalo raatihuone

Français hôtel de ville mairie maison communale

עברית בניין עירייה עירייה

Hrvatski vijećnica кметство

Magyar városháza

Հայերեն քաղաքապետարան

Bahasa Indonesia balai kota

Íslenska ráðhús

Italiano comune municipio

日本語区役所市役所

ខ្មែរ សាលាក្រុង

한국어 시청 시청사

Nederlands raadhuis stadhuis

Polski magistrat ratusz urząd miejski

Português câmara municipal prefeitura

Română primărie

Русский зда́ние муниципалите́та ратуша

Српски vijećnica кметство

Svenska rådhus stadshus

Tagalog 7hol

Tiếng Việt thị chính tòa thị chính

Examples

“Near-synonym: town hall”

“A new city hall was built after the big fire of 1883.”

“The vice-mayor has an office on the third floor of city hall.”

“you can't fight ⟳ city hall”

“The company got tired of the red tape from city hall and began planning to relocate to another city.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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