Rotunda
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English
Proper noun
Rotunda
- The United States Capitol rotunda.
- 2019 October 19, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Cummings to Lie in State in the Capitol”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- No African-Americans have lain in state in the Rotunda, and only two have lain there in honor: Mrs. Parks in 2005 and Officer Jacob Joseph Chestnut, a Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty, in 1998.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rotunda, from rotundus. Doublet of Rotunde.
Pronunciation
Noun
Rotunda f (genitive Rotunda, no plural)
- (typography) rotunda (Gothic typeface used in early printed books)
Synonyms
Proper noun
Rotunda f (proper noun, genitive Rotunda)
Declension
Declension of Rotunda
Further reading
- “Rotunda” in Duden online
- “Rotunda” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Rotunda” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Romanian
Etymology
From rotunda, definite feminine form of rotund.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Rotunda f