CUPOLA Definition & Meaning

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cupola

[ kyoo-puh-luh ]

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noun

Architecture.
1. a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
2. a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
any of various domelike structures.
Metallurgy. a vertical furnace for melting iron to be cast.

cupola

/ ˈkjuːpələ; ˈkjuːpəˌleɪtɪd /

noun

a roof or ceiling in the form of a dome
a small structure, usually domed, on the top of a roof or dome
a protective dome for a gun on a warship
a vertical air-blown coke-fired cylindrical furnace in which iron is remelted for casting

cupola

A small ornamental structure rising from a roof. Cupolas are often dome shaped.

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Derived Forms

cupolated, adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cupola¹

1540–50; < Italian < Latin ��ū��ܱ��, equivalent to ��ū�� ( a ) tub + -ula -ule. cup

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cupola¹

C16: from Italian, from Late Latin ��ū��ula a small cask, from Latin ��ū��a tub

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When anti-mafia police swooped on the Sicilian mob on Tuesday, their main aim was to stop them regrouping and creating a new governing body or cupola.

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Ms. Arcenaux said that she remembered looking down at Earth from the cupola window of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the second day of her journey.

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It features an 11-foot square cupola with windows on each side, and the tip of that is reachable only by ladder.

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On a post office, I saw a strip of asphalt shingles under a cupola that had a copper roof.

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You capture the beauty looking out of the cupola, but also the claustrophobia of an I.S.S. “bedroom.”

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