library

Definitions


[ˈlʌɪb(rə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution
(e.g: a university library)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin libraria ‘bookshop’, feminine (used as a noun) of librarius ‘relating to books’, from liber, libr- ‘book’




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