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cupola

[kyoo-puh-luh] / ˈkyu pə lə /
NOUN
dome
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He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

On the hill before him, a water tower lay smashed and a cupola of a mosque was askew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

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.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2024

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

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

The room was round, and capped by an absurd Byzantine cupola surrounded with windows, through which one could see all the rooftops of the city and feel close to the clouds.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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