Embassy

Noun

 * 1) The function or duty of an ambassador.
 * 2) An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
 * The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
 * 1) The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.

Related terms

 * ambassador

Adjectives
overburdened; heaven-like; loving.

Thesaurus
Dymaxion house, White House, adobe house, advice, agency, agentship, assignment, authority, authorization, booking office, box office, branch, branch office, brevet, building, cabinet, care, casa, chambers, chancellery, chancery, charge, cliff dwelling, closet, commission, commissioning, commitment, communication, communique, consignment, consular service, consulate, corporate headquarters, corps diplomatique, country house, country seat, cure, dacha, deanery, delegated authority, delegation, den, deputation, devolution, devolvement, diplomatic mission, diplomatic service, diplomatic staff, dispatch, dwelling house, edifice, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, erection, errand, executive office, executorship, exequatur, express, fabric, factorship, farm, farmhouse, foreign office, foreign service, full power, hall, headquarters, home office, house, houseboat, jurisdiction, lake dwelling, legation, letter, license, lieutenancy, living machine, lodge, main office, mandate, manor house, manse, message, mission, office, parsonage, penthouse, plenipotentiary power, pneumatogram, power of attorney, power to act, prefabricated house, presidential palace, procuration, proxy, purview, ranch house, rectory, regency, regentship, release, responsibility, roof, shop, skyscraper, sod house, split-level, structure, study, task, telegram, ticket office, town house, trust, trusteeship, vicarage, vicarious authority, warrant, word

Etymology
Variant form of ambassy, from ambassée:, from  ambascee:, enbassee:, from  ambasciata:, from  ambayassada: (compare  ambaissada:), from ambaissa:, from  *undefined: (as hostages were used to seal pacts), from, from  *undefined: (compare  amos:, amsach:,  amaeth:). More at.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ambassade
 * Arabic: سفارة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: амбасада
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: посолство
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: suursaatkond
 * Faroese: sendistova
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: embaixada
 * Georgian: საელჩო
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שגרירות
 * Hindi:, राजदूतावास
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: kedutaan besar
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 대사관
 * Kurdish:, , ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: vēstniecība
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: سفارت, سفارتخانه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ambasadă
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: амбасада
 * Roman: ambasada
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: రాయబార కార్యాలయం (raayabaara kaaryaalayaM)
 * Thai: สถานทูต
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: سفارت خانہ
 * Vietnamese: tòa đại sứ