town hall

Definitions

1. A building that houses the local government offices of a town.
2. The town council.
   broadly
3. A widely accessible meeting, particularly where the audience is allowed to interact with the speakers.
   Canada, US

Equivalents

29 more languages

العربيةبلدية

Българскикме́тствообщина

Bosanskivijećnicaкметство

Catalàajuntament

Češtinaradnice

Danskrådhus

Ελληνικάδημαρχείοδημαρχία

Esperantourbdomourbodomo

Euskaraudaletxe

Suomikaupungintalokunnantaloraatihuone

Galegoconcello

עבריתבניין עירייה

Hrvatskivijećnicaкметство

Magyarvárosháza

Հայերենքաղաքապետարան

Bahasa Indonesiabalai kotariung umum

Íslenskaráðhús

Italianomunicipio

日本語公会堂役場町役場

Latinacuria

LëtzebuergeschMärei

Nederlandsgemeentehuisraadhuisstadhuis

Polskimerostworatuszratuszowy

Portuguêscâmara municipalprefeitura

Русскиймуниципалитетмэрияратуша

Српскиvijećnicaкметство

Svenskarådhustorgmöte

Tagalogbahay-pamahalaan

Tiếng Việttòa thị chính

Examples

“Then he commenced to talk⟳, really talk⟳. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like⟳ Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show⟳. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land⟳ knows what all.”

“They enjoyed music from a live⟳ saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake.”

“The president plans to speak⟳ to a town hall of employees at its headquarters on Monday.”

“" […] Sure, you can come⟳ down to City Hall when we have⟳ a Town Hall Meeting. Write⟳ to Maureen Connelly and she'll arrange⟳ it. […]"”

“And in just a few minutes, we'll bring⟳ you tonight's town hall debate⟳ from here at Washington University in Saint Louis.”

“The Form⟳ 2s are planning to host⟳ a town hall meeting with the women of Mara Moja and other local communities to teach⟳ the women more effective hygiene practices […]”

“That pushback from inside the administration was combined with rising public anger about the cuts that exploded at several lawmakers’ town halls in recent weeks.”

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