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Webster 1913 Edition

Rotunda

Ro-tun′da

,

Noun.

[Cf. It.

rotonda

, F.

rotonde

; both fr. L.

rotundus

round. See

,

Adj.

]

(Arch.)

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

.