people's house

noun

A leisure and cultural centre built with the intention of making art and cultural appreciation available to the working classes.

Meanings

nounpeople's house (plural people's houses)

plural people's houses

  1. historicalA leisure and cultural centre built with the intention of making art and cultural appreciation available to the working classes.

Translations

Finnish seurantalo, työväentalo
  • seurantaloleisure and cultural centre
  • työväentaloleisure and cultural centre
Persian دهقانسرای
  • دهقانسرای (dehqân-sarây)leisure and cultural centre
Russian наро́дный дом
  • наро́дный дом (naródnyj dom)leisure and cultural centre
Spanish casa del pueblo
  • casa del puebloleisure and cultural centre
Swedish folkets hus
  • folkets husleisure and cultural centre
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APA

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Chicago

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