Dictionary

town hall en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A building that houses the local government offices of a town.
   • They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake. 2021 December 29, “Network News: Music train for dementia sufferers”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19:
   • 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. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
2. (broadly) The town council.
3. (Canada, US) A widely accessible meeting, particularly where the audience is allowed to interact with the speakers.
   • The Form 2s are planning to host a town hall meeting with the women of Mara Moja and other local communities to teach the women more effective hygiene practices […] 2012 May 3, “Daraja Girls Take Leadership Skills Acquired at the Academy to Their Communities During School Break”, in Daraja Academy, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2021:
   • And in just a few minutes, we'll bring you tonight's town hall debate from here at Washington University in Saint Louis. 2004 October 8, Candidates Prepare for Second Presidential Debate, Paula Zahn (actor):
   • The president plans to speak to a town hall of employees at its headquarters on Monday.
   • " […] Sure, you can come down to City Hall when we have a Town Hall Meeting. Write to Maureen Connelly and she'll arrange it. […]" 1978, Faith McNulty, “Talk of the Town”, in New Yorker:
   • That pushback from inside the administration was combined with rising public anger about the cuts that exploded at several lawmakers’ town halls in recent weeks. 2025 March 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Is DOGE Losing Steam?”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

Synonyms

common hall · townhouse · city hall · common house · burgh chambers

Translations (77)

fr maison communale (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · fi kaupungintalo (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · pt câmara municipal (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ru мэ́рия (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · lt rotušė (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ru ра́туша (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · da rådhus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · fr hôtel de ville (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · eu udaletxe (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · he בִּנְיַן עִירִיָּה (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · gl concello (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ca ajuntament (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · el δημαρχείο (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · es alcaldía (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · vi toà thị chính (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ja 公会堂 (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ru муниципалите́т (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ro primăria (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ka მუნიციპალიტეტის შენობა (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · no rådhus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ga halla baile (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · de Rathaus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ca casa comuna (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · es consistorio (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · grc ἀρχεῖον (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · cmn 大會堂 /大会堂 (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ja 役場 (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ka მერია (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · fr hôtel communal (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · uk ме́рія (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · yi ראָטהויז (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · cs radnice (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · is ráðhús (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · pt prefeitura (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · eo urbodomo (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · sv rådhus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · tr belediye binası (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · nl stadhuis (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · rsk општина (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · de Gemeindehaus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ca casa del comú (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · vo konsälöp (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · eo urbdomo (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · nl gemeentehuis (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ja 町役場 (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · fi kunnantalo (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · es casa consistorial (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · hu városháza (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · grc πρυτανεῖον (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · de Stadthaus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · gl casa do concello (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · it municipio (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ca casa de la vila (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · rsk городска хижа (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ca casa de la ciutat (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · fr mairie (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · nv wááshindoon bighan (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · pl ratusz (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · br ti-kêr (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · de Bürgermeisteramt (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ca casa consistorial (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ka მუნიციპალური შენობა (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · la curia (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · bg кметство (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · nl raadhuis (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · ar بَلَدِيَّة (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · es ayuntamiento (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · be мэ́рыя (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · lv rātsnams (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · bg община (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · id balai kota (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · hy քաղաքապետարան (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · aii ܒܹܝܬ ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · bar Rathaus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · pdt Stautshus (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · tl bahay-pamahalaan (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) · lb Märei (a building that houses the local government offices of a town)

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