Advertisement

rotunda (n.)

"round building," 1680s, from Italian rotonda, especially the Pantheon, from noun use of Latin rotunda, fem. of rotundus "round" (see rotund). Meaning "circular hall or room within a building" is from 1780.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of rotunda from WordNet

rotunda (n.)
a building having a circular plan and a dome;
rotunda (n.)
a large circular room;
From wordnet.princeton.edu