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Synonyms for pagoda

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-goh-duh
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈgoʊ də

Définition of pagoda

Origin :
  • 1580s, pagode (modern form from 1630s), from Portuguese pagode (early 16c.), perhaps from a corruption of Persian butkada, from but "idol" + kada "dwelling." Or perhaps from or influenced by Tamil pagavadi "house belonging to a deity," from Sanskrit bhagavati "goddess," fem. of bhagavat "blessed, adorable," from *bhagah "good fortune," from PIE root *bhag- "to share out, apportion" (cf. Greek phagein "to eat;" see -phagous).
  • noun pavilion
Example sentences :
  • Not till he had promised all this did the Buddha let him out of the pagoda again.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The Pagoda might be an erroneous variant of the thunderbolt Vadjra.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • With them he returned the following morning and they climbed up into the pagoda.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Looking down from her pagoda she saw a wanderer passing below.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • She called out, but the pagoda was so high that her voice did not carry down to him.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • When the tale had been told him he took a heavy ax and went to the pagoda.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Then our party divided, some going to see the pagoda, and others to see the rice-mills.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • The view of the pagoda from the avenue is indeed126 wonderful.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • He holds a pagoda in one hand and a dragon sword in the other.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • He supported many monks, he gave largely to the gilding of the pagoda.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding

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