ROTUNDA

rotunda

(noun) a large circular room

rotunda

(noun) a building having a circular plan and a dome

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

rotunda (plural rotundas)

(architecture) a round building, usually small, often with a dome

(typography, 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

(Philippines) A roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

Anagrams

• toundra

Source: Wiktionary

Ro*tun"da, n. Etym: [Cf. It. rotonda, F. rotonde; both fr. L. rotundus round. See Rotund, a.] (Arch.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition