noun
Meaning 1
A Hindu temple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
pagoda
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /pəˈɡoʊ.də/
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Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈɡəʊ.də/
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rhymes with -əʊdə
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noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, uncommon
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 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.
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of pagod, an idol, chiefly in South and Southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic
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noun
Meaning 5
A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 6
Short for pagoda sleeve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, rare
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noun
Meaning 7
an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: temple
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: pagodë — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Arabic: بَاغُودٰ (bāḡūdā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Armenian: պագոդա (pagoda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Asturian: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Azerbaijani: paqoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Belarusian: па́гада (páhada) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Bengali: প্যাগোডা (pêgōḍa) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Bulgarian: па́года (págoda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Burmese: ဘုရား (bhu.ra:) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Burmese: စေတီ (ceti) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Catalan: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Chinese Cantonese: 寶塔 /宝塔 (bou2 taap3) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Chinese Mandarin: 寶塔 /宝塔 (bǎotǎ) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Chinese Mandarin: 塔 (tǎ) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Czech: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Danish: pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Dutch: pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Esperanto: pagodo — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Estonian: pagood — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Finnish: pagodi — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- French: pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Friulian: pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Galician: pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Georgian: პაგოდა (ṗagoda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- German: Pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Greek: παγόδα (pagóda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Hebrew: פָּגוֹדָה — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Hindi: पगोडा (pagoḍā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Hindi: बुत-कदा (but-kadā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Hindi: बुत-ख़ाना (but-xānā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Hindi: देवल (deval) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Hindi: मन्दिर (mandir) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Hungarian: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Indonesian: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Italian: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: パゴダ (pagoda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 塔 (tō) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 五輪の塔 (gorin no tō) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 仏塔 (buttō) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 五重の塔 — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 五重塔 (gojū no tō) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 石塔 (sekitō) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 三重塔 (sanjū no tō) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Japanese: 塔婆 (tōba) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Khmer: វត្ត (vŏət) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Korean: 탑 (tap) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Korean: 탑파 (tap'pa) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Northern Kurdish: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Lao: ທາດ (thāt) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Lao: ເຈດີ (chē dī) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Lao: ສະຖູບ (sa thūp) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Latvian: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Lithuanian: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Macedonian: пагода (pagoda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Malay: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Marathi: पॅगोडा (pĕgoḍā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Mon: ကျာ် — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Mon: စေတဳ — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Mongolian: суврага (suvraga) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Mongolian: ᠰᠤᠪᠤᠷᠭ ᠠ (suburɣ a) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Nepali: प्यागोडा (pyāgoḍā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Norwegian: pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Persian: پاگودا (pâgodâ) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Persian: بتکده (bot-kade) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Polish: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Portuguese: pagode — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Romanian: pagodă — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Russian: па́года (págoda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Sanskrit: भगवत (bhagavata) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Serbo-Croatian: пагода — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Serbo-Croatian: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Shan: ၵွင်းမူး (káung múu) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Shan: ၸေႇတီႇ (tsèe tìi) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Sinhalese: පැගෝඩා (pægōḍā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Slovak: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Slovene: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Spanish: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Swedish: pagod — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Tagalog: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Tai Nüa: ᥐᥩᥒᥰᥛᥧᥰ (köangmü) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Thai: ถะ (tà) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Thai: เจดีย์ (jee-dii) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Thai: ปรางค์ (bpraang) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Thai: สถูป (sà-tùup) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Tibetan: མཆོད་རྟེན (mchod rten) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Turkish: pagoda — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Turkish: uzakdoğu tapınağı — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Ukrainian: па́года (páhoda) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Urdu: پگوڈا (pagoḍā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Urdu: بت کدہ (but-kadā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Urdu: بت خانہ (but-xānā) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Urdu: دیول (deval) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Urdu: مندر (mandir) — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Vietnamese: bảo tháp — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
- Vietnamese: tháp chùa — a tiered tower with multiple eaves
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