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1. (n.) pagoda
a temple or sacred building of the Far East, usu. a tower having an upward-curving roof over each story.
Etymology: (1625–35; < Pg pagode temple &indirdesc; Pers butkada (but idol +kada temple, dwelling))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pagoda
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pagoda
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. (noun) pagoda
an idol
3. (noun) pagoda
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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1. pagoda
an Indian or Chinese temple, associated chiefly with Buddhism, of a more or less pyramidal form and of several storeys, the most imposing being the Greek Pagoda of Tanjore; the name is applied also to a gold coin worth 7s. 6d. stamped with a pagoda.
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Sense: a Chinese temple, built in the shape of a tall tower, each storey of which has its own narrow strip of overhanging roof.
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 Arabic: باغودا، مَعْبد في الشَّرق |
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 German: die Pagode |
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 Greek: παγόδα |
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 Estonian: pagood |
 Farsi: معبد؛ پاگودا |
 Finnish: pagodi |
 French: pagode |
 Hebrew: פּגוֹדָה |
 Hindi: चीनी बौद्ध मंदिर |
 Croatian: pagoda |
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 Indonesian: pagoda |
 Icelandic: pagóða |
 Italian: pagoda |
 Japanese: 塔 |
 Korean: (불교 사원의) 탑 |
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 Latvian: pagoda |
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 Polish: pagoda |
 Persian: معبد؛ پاگودا |
 Pashto: برج ډوله ماڼۍ، څوپوړ بزه |
 Portuguese: pagode |
 Romanian: pagodă |
 Russian: пагода |
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 Serbian: pagoda |
 Swedish: pagod |
 Thai: เจดีย์ |
 Turkish: pagoda |
 Taiwanese: (中國寺院的)塔 |
 Ukrainian: пагода |
 Urdu: چين کا ايک قسم کا مندر |
 Vietnamese: chùa chiền |
 Chinese: 宝塔 |
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