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Pagoda

//pəˈɡoʊ.də// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.

    "On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas."

  2. 2
    an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof wordnet
  3. 3
    An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol. archaic
  4. 4
    A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India. historical

    "[T]he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas; he does in the Nabob's name desire that the Governor of Madras would receive jewels and money to that amount into his custody, […]"

  5. 5
    An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden.
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  1. 6
    A pagoda sleeve. rare

Etymology

From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).

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