Definition of pagoda Pagoda
/pʌgowˈdʌ/ - [pugowdu] - pa•go•da
We found 9 definitions of pagoda from 6 different sources.
Advertising
What does pagoda mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: pagodas |
||
| pagoda - an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof |
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pagoda (n.)
A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship. - pagoda (n.)
An idol. - pagoda (n.)
A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
pagoda
pa-gō′da, n. an idol-house: an Indian idol: its temple: a gold coin formerly current in India, so called because the figure of a pagoda was stamped upon it—also Pagode′.—n. Pagō′dite, the mineral which the Chinese carve into figures of pagodas, &c. [Port., a corr. of Pers. but-kadah, an idol-temple.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
-
pagoda
Tall tapering buildings erected by the Chinese and other eastern nations, to note certain events, or as places for worship, of which the great pagoda of Pekin may be taken as an example. They are rather numerous on the banks of the Canton River. (See STAR-PAGODA.)
Part of speech
🔤- pagoda, noun, singular of pagodas.
Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Your last searches
Last searches
Advertising
Jump to
Advertising