pagoda
(Engels)
- A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
- (archaic) An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol.
- (historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
- An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden.
- (rare) A pagoda sleeve.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/pəˈɡoʊ.də/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).
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