pagoda

Meaning

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

Translations

pagode

Pagode

pagoda

παγόδα

pagoda

pagode

pagoda

pagode

pagoda

المعبد

uzakdoğu tapınak

بَاغُودٰ

باغودا

Kirchturm

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈɡoʊ.də/

Etymology

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