pagoda

Meaning

1. A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
2. An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol.
3. A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India.
4. An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden.
5. A pagoda sleeve.

Synonyms

stupa

tower

many-tiered tower

temple

tope

wooden grave tablet

dagoba

Ter

religious building

chedi

sacred-stupa

idoltemple

Buddhist pagoda

tower column

lighthouse

old tower

minaret

spire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈɡoʊ.də/

Etymology

From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).