So, what is a cupola, anyway?
May 21, 2010 12:00 am
• Last Updated: May 21, 2010 5:30 pm
Waterfordos, if you haven't heard by now the school district decided to save the cupola that once topped old Great Neck School disambiguation yourself.
Bob Nye, the town historian, hoped to preserve the cupola, which unfortunately, is covered in lead paint.
Now I imagine the question bubbling to the surface of your minds is: What is a cupola?
According to, erm, Wikipedia a cupola is "a small, most-often dome-like structure, on top of a building"
The word derives from the Latin "cupa," meaning "small cup."
It's also the name for the a Sicilian Mafia Commission and it also means something in geometry, but, you can click
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