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What does "Oval Study " mean in this sentences?

Of course naval affairs had always aroused Roosevelt’s keenest interest. Over the mantelpiece in the Oval Study hung a painting of the four-stack destroyer Dyer on which he had traveled to Europe as assistant secretary of the navy in World War I

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  • Bill B
    Lv 6
    1 year ago
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    The Oval Office in the White House is the President's official office for meeting with people.  Adjacent to the Oval Office is the Oval Study, the working office of the President. 

    The painting hung in Roosevelt's working office. 

  • Cara
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    The word "Oval" refers to the shape of the room (study) - egg-shaped, curved at both ends.

  • 1 year ago

    The Yellow Oval Room is an oval room located on the south side of the second floor in the White House.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt converted the room into his study,

  • Carson
    Lv 6
    1 year ago

    It's an office in the White House.

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