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hall

Pronunciation: /hal/

“hall” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a small room just inside the front door of a residential building, where shoes and outerwear are put on or taken off and stored
  2. hallway
  3. lounge
  4. corridor
  5. entryway
  6. hall (large open indoor space)
  7. dated spelling of häll (“flat rock surface”)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse hǫll, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-. Compare English hall. Related to Latin cella and English cellar.

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