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Definitions for godown
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. godownnoun

    (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse

Wiktionary

  1. godownnoun

    A warehouse.

  2. Etymology: gudang, கிடங்கு.

Wikipedia

  1. godown

    A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, towns, or villages. Warehouses usually have loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks. Sometimes warehouses are designed for the loading and unloading of goods directly from railways, airports, or seaports. They often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed on ISO standard pallets and then loaded into pallet racks. Stored goods can include any raw materials, packing materials, spare parts, components, or finished goods associated with agriculture, manufacturing, and production. In India and Hong Kong, a warehouse may be referred to as a "godown". There are also godowns in the Shanghai Bund.

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  1. godown

    A godown is a term primarily used in South and Southeast Asia to refer to a warehouse or storage space. It is typically a commercial building used for the storage of goods, raw materials, finished products, and other commodities. The term is derived from the Malay word "gudang," which also means warehouse.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Godownnoun

    a warehouse

  2. Etymology: [Corruption of Malay gdong warehouse.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GODOWN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Godown is ranked #44500 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Godown surname appeared 483 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Godown.

    96.8% or 468 total occurrences were White.
    2% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of godown in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of godown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of godown in a Sentence

  1. Mukaibar Shah:

    If these ministers whose video is being telecast by godi media to spread lies that they have taken Covid vaccine shot, have got guts then let them take publicly the vaccine available in the godown of hospitals.

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