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Topic: BUILDING

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Italian
Origin: Latin, from cupa; CUP1

cupola

 noun
     
cu‧po‧la [countable]
TB a round structure on the top of a building, that is shaped like an upside down bowl:
a golden edifice with an onion-shaped cupola
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