city hall
noun
1
: the chief administrative building of a city
2
a
: a municipal government
b
: city officialdom or bureaucracy
you can't fight city hall
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web More than a hundred submissions were sent to city hall and the police department under the state's public information law, to request documents and video that could help make sense of a mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. 
Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022 Leaders from city hall and the community are girding to fight PureCycle Technologies Inc. of Orlando as well as Orange County government for consenting to the company recycling plastic waste immediately next door to east Winter Garden homes. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2022 Tolleson will soon open its city hall and has begun planning for an aquatic center. Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022 The next Fairview Park Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coalition meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m. July 6 at city hall and 6:30 p.m. July 12 at the Gemini Center. John Benson, cleveland, 20 June 2022 Take a stroll through this downtown urban park and imagine its century-old past as home to Houston's first city hall and an open-air produce and fish market. Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 8 June 2022 Next for the mayor is preparing for the demolition of the existing city hall and police station complex, which includes the former fire station. John Benson, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022 The program will start with five cameras in Poway, possibly at city hall, parks, intersections and transit centers. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 In June, Washington Teachers’ Union members rallied in the Wilson Building — the District’s city hall — for a fair contract. Perry Stein, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 See More
Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022 Leaders from city hall and the community are girding to fight PureCycle Technologies Inc. of Orlando as well as Orange County government for consenting to the company recycling plastic waste immediately next door to east Winter Garden homes. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2022 Tolleson will soon open its city hall and has begun planning for an aquatic center. Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022 The next Fairview Park Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coalition meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m. July 6 at city hall and 6:30 p.m. July 12 at the Gemini Center. John Benson, cleveland, 20 June 2022 Take a stroll through this downtown urban park and imagine its century-old past as home to Houston's first city hall and an open-air produce and fish market. Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 8 June 2022 Next for the mayor is preparing for the demolition of the existing city hall and police station complex, which includes the former fire station. John Benson, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022 The program will start with five cameras in Poway, possibly at city hall, parks, intersections and transit centers. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 In June, Washington Teachers’ Union members rallied in the Wilson Building — the District’s city hall — for a fair contract. Perry Stein, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
city hall
noun
: the main administrative building of a city