noun
pagoda
Pagoda (noun) means a temple used for Hindu worship.
noun
1
A temple used for Hindu worship.
2
A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point.
3
A multi-storey tower in a Chinese style used in various contexts across East Asia and Nepal, usually with upturned curving roofs above each storey.
"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."
— , The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma (1943)
4
A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
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Etymology
From Portuguese pagode (“Hindu temple, Hindu idol, pagoda coin”), from any of various Dravidian languages' words of respectful address to Hindu gods and idols and their temples, including Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti, “Durga temple”), Kannada, and Tamil பகவதி (pakavati, “Durga, Parvati”), possibly corrupted under the influence of Portuguese pagão (“pagan”), all ultimately from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “Holy One, used for goddesses”). Previously but mistakenly connected with various other languages from Persia to China.
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What is the meaning of pagoda?
"pagoda" (noun) means a temple used for Hindu worship.
What are the different meanings of pagoda?
"pagoda" has 3 main meanings: 1. A temple used for Hindu worship; 2. A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point; 3. A multi-storey tower in a Chinese style used in various contexts across East Asia and Nepal, usually with upturned curving roofs above each storey.
