Meanings
city hall1
nouncity hall (plural city halls)
plural city halls · alternative city chambers
- figurativelymetonymicallyThe city government (city council, mayor, etc.); government in general.
Near-synonym: town hall
2 more examples
you can't fight city hall
The company got tired of the red tape from city hall and began planning to relocate to another city.
Synonyms: town hall
City Hall2
proper noun
- Any specific city hall, which in context (i.e., discussions within its city or about its city) is called by this name, written in capital letters.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe building that houses a city's government.
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nounThe city government (city council, mayor, etc.); government in general.
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans stadsaal
- stadsaalbuilding
Arabic بَلَدِيَّة
- بَلَدِيَّة (baladiyya)building
Basque udaletxe, udal
- udaletxebuilding
- udalgovernment
Bulgarian кметство, община
- кметство (kmetstvo)building
- община (obština)building
Catalan ajuntament, casa de la vila
- ajuntamentbuilding
- casa de la vilabuilding
- casa consistorialbuilding
- casa de la ciutatbuilding
- ajuntamentgovernment
- batlliagovernment
- consistorigovernment
Chinese Mandarin 大會堂 /大会堂, 市政廳 /市政厅
- 大會堂 /大会堂 (dàhuìtáng)building
- 市政廳 /市政厅 (shìzhèngtīng)building
- 市政府 (shìzhèngfǔ)government
Czech radnice, radnice
- radnicebuilding
- radnicegovernment
- magistrátgovernment
Danish rådhus, rådhus
- rådhusbuilding
- rådhusgovernment
Dutch stadhuis, raadhuis
- stadhuisbuilding
- raadhuisbuilding
- raadhuisgovernment
- stadhuisgovernment
- gemeentehuisgovernment
Esperanto urbdomo, urbodomo
- urbdomobuilding
- urbodomobuilding
- urbreĝistarogovernment
Estonian vallamaja
- vallamajabuilding
Finnish kaupungintalo, kaupunginhallitus
- kaupungintalobuilding
- kaupunginhallitusgovernment
French hôtel de ville, mairie
- hôtel de villebuilding
- mairiebuilding
- maison communalebuilding
- mairiegovernment
German Rathaus, Rathaus
- Rathausbuilding
- Rathausgovernment
Greek δημαρχείο, δημαρχείο
- δημαρχείο (dimarcheío)building
- δημαρχείο (dimarcheío)government
Hebrew בִּנְיַן עִירִיָּה
- בִּנְיַן עִירִיָּה (binyán 'iriyá)building
Hungarian városháza
- városházabuilding
Icelandic ráðhús
- ráðhúsbuilding
Irish halla cathrach
- halla cathrachbuilding
Italian municipio, comune
- municipiobuilding
- comunebuilding
- comunegovernment
Japanese 市役所
- 市役所 (shiyakusho)building
Korean 시청사, 시청
- 시청사 (sicheongsa)building
- 시청 (sicheong)government
Latvian rātsnams
- rātsnamsbuilding
Lithuanian rotušė
- rotušėbuilding
Norwegian rådhus
- rådhusbuilding
Polish ratusz, urząd miejski
- ratuszbuilding
- urząd miejskibuilding
- magistratbuilding
- ratuszgovernment
- urząd miastagovernment
- magistratgovernment
Portuguese câmara municipal, prefeitura
- câmara municipalbuilding
- prefeiturabuilding
- câmara municipalgovernment
- prefeituragovernment
Romanian primărie
- primăriebuilding
Russian зда́ние муниципалите́та, ра́туша
- зда́ние муниципалите́та (zdánije municipalitéta)building
- ра́туша (rátuša)building
- муниципалите́т (municipalitét)government
- городско́й сове́т (gorodskój sovét)government
Spanish alcaldía, ayuntamiento
- alcaldíabuilding
- ayuntamientobuilding
- consistoriobuilding
- casa consistorialbuilding
- alcaldíagovernment
- ayuntamientogovernment
- consistoriogovernment
Swedish rådhus, stadshus
- rådhusbuilding
- stadshusbuilding
Tagalog gusaling panlunsod, 7hol
- gusaling panlunsodbuilding
- 7holbuilding
Turkish belediye binası
- belediye binasıbuilding
Ukrainian ра́туша, ме́рія
- ра́туша (rátuša)building
- ме́рія (mérija)building
Vietnamese tòa thị chính, tòa thị chánh
- tòa thị chínhbuilding
- tòa thị chánhbuilding
- tòa thị sảnhbuilding
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APA
city hall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/city%20hall
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“city hall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/city%20hall. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “city hall,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/city%20hall.
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