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rotunda

/ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A round building, usually small, often with a dome
  2. (frequently capitalized) A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based
  3. A roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

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Sources

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