city hall

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

New York City Hall
Even a village can have a city hall, as in Gilbert, Louisiana

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪti ˌhɔːl/, /ˈsɪtɪ ˌhɔːl/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪti ˌhɔl/
  • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /ˈsɪti ˌhɑl/

Noun[edit]

city hall (plural city halls)

  1. The building that houses a city's government.
    The vice-mayor has an office on the third floor of city hall.
  2. (figuratively, metonymically) The city government; government in general.
    You can't fight city hall.

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