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town hall

noun town halls · townhall

  1. A building that houses the local government offices of a town. Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
  2. broadly The town council.

    Similar: burgh chambers, city hall, common hall, common house, townhouse

  3. Canada, US A widely accessible meeting, particularly where the audience is allowed to interact with the speakers. The president plans to speak to a town hall of employees at its headquarters on Monday.

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noun a building that houses the local government offices of a town

Españolayuntamiento, consistorio, casa consistorial, alcaldía
日本語町役場 machiyakuba, 公会堂 kōkaidō, 役場 yakuba
中文大會堂 /大会堂 dàhuìtáng
Portuguêsprefeitura, câmara municipal
Françaismairie, hôtel de ville, maison communale, hôtel communal
DeutschRathaus, Bürgermeisteramt, Gemeindehaus, Stadthaus
Italianomunicipio
Ελληνικάδημαρχείο dimarcheío
Românăprimăria
Русскиймэ́рия mɛ́rija, муниципалите́т municipalitét, ра́туша rátuša
Tiếng Việttoà thị chính
العربيةبَلَدِيَّة baladiyya
עבריתבִּנְיַן עִירִיָּה binyán 'iriyá

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@misc{town_hall_2026,
  title = {town hall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/town%20hall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}