sala

Examples

• All

• The wedding reception was held in a beautiful sala decorated with flowers and lights.

• "If you invite your children by telegram, they can be here by Friday, and sleep one in the small room upstairs and one on the sofa in the sala.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The long windows of Morgan's sala revealed the guests moving about, and all through the moonlit evening, there was activity on the terrace.

  Fiction book (1991)

• He took her to Spain, where she bought chandeliers that hang in the sala.

  Fiction book (2000)

• In the sala, she abandoned the letter she was writing to watch him as, wasting neither time nor motion, and in silence, he laid a fire.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The main portal of the chapel opens at the top of the plan into a gallery leading to the sala and ducal apartments of the palace.

  Academic text (1995)

• She hears Arnold stirring in their room, curtained off from the sala and kitchen.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Well, this is the room he's describing, the Sala Paulina built and painted for the immensely powerful Pope Paul the Third Farnese.

• Chinese funerals are conducted in one of the temple's four salas, halls in temple compounds set aside for large gatherings.

  Academic text (1992)

• During the period of the funeral, embroidered silk banners in bright colors are hung about the door and porch of the sala rented by the family of the deceased.

  Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

H

hall

vssala

314 1.0

A large space for public gatherings like concerts or feasts

is used specifically in Spanish or Italian buildings for gatherings

B

ballroom

vssala

97 2.3

A large room where people dance at formal events

is used for gatherings generally not only for dancing

R

rotunda

vssala

19 8.0

A large round room or building with a dome used for public gatherings

is similar but lacks the circular dome architecture

A

assembly hall

vssala

3 2.7

A large room in a school or community centre where people gather for meetings and events

is the term found in Spanish or Italian buildings for gatherings

E

estancia

vssala

• Archaic

9.9

A large living room in a Spanish house used for guests

is intended for public gatherings and events rather than private living

How Big

auditorium

96 3.7

sala

7.2

hall

314 1.0

room

∞ 1.0

closet

• US

755 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology