| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pa·go·da |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p -g  d |
| NOUN: | 1a. A religious building of the Far East, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine. b. A stupa. 2. A structure, such as a garden pavilion, built in imitation of a multistory Buddhist tower. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese pagode, perhaps from Tamil pagavadi, from Sanskrit bhagavat , goddess, from feminine of bhagavat-, blessed, from bhaga , good fortune. See bhag- in Appendix I.
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