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pagoda

[ puh-goh-duh ]

noun

  1. in India, Myanmar (Burma), China, etc., a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.
  2. any of several former gold or silver coins of southern India, usually bearing a figure of such a temple, first issued in the late 16th century and later also by British, French, and Dutch traders.


pagoda

/ ±èəˈɡəʊ»åÉ™ /

noun

  1. an Indian or Far Eastern temple, esp a tower, usually pyramidal and having many storeys
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pagoda

  1. A tower with several different stories, each of which has its own roof. Pagodas are common in eastern Asia and originally served religious purposes as memorials or shrines.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pagoda1

First recorded in 1625–35; from Portuguese pagode “temple,†ultimately from Persian butkada ( but “idol†+ kada “temple, dwellingâ€)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pagoda1

C17: from Portuguese pagode, ultimately from Sanskrit ²ú³ó²¹²µ²¹±¹²¹³ÙÄ« divine
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Close to the pagoda, we saw Buddhist funeral rituals being held on the street outside a destroyed house.

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Around the city, the remains of crushed pagodas and golden spires line the streets.

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But it’s important that the creators of the pagoda lunch box, the thank-you bag, and the pink doughnut box did not try to capture all the profits that they created.

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Then Ms. Mac picked out a respectable cage—okay, not the three-story pagoda I’d had my eye on—but a nice cage.

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Gu’s Beijing neighborhood is known for the 13th-century Buddhist temple of the title, whose tall white pagoda is visible far and wide.

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