About The Word Pagoda
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Pagoda
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What's The Definition Of Pagoda?
[n] an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pagoda: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pagoda: alcove | antenna tower | barbican | belfry | bell tower | belvedere | campanile | colossus | column | cupola | derrick | dewal | dome | fane | fire tower | garden | gazebo | girja | kiack | lantern | lighthouse | martello | martello tower | masjid | mast | minaret | monument | mosque | obelisk | observation tower | pantheon | pilaster | pillar | pinnacle | pole | pylon | pyramid | shaft | shul | skyscraper | spire | standpipe | steeple | stupa | synagogue | tabernacle | television mast | temple | tope | tour | tower | turret | water tower | windmill tower See Also | temple Pagoda In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*go"da\, n. [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr.Hind. & Per.
but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol
+ kadah a house, a temple.]
1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and
tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of
India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not
always, devoted to idol worship.
2. An idol. [R.] --Brande & C.
3. [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf.
Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] A gold or
silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current
in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and
a half rupees.
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