[rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a round building or room, especially one with a dome

- a roundabout
(e.g: a rotonda that exits on four roads into Greater Manila)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin rotunda, feminine of rotundus round (see rotund), influenced by Italian rotonda. The word was originally the name of the Pantheon at Rome, a large circular building which came to be used as a church, called Sancta Maria Rotunda in medieval Latin. rotunda (with the form rotonda) dates from the early 20th century