pagoda
Meanings
Plural: pagodas
Noun
- an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
- A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
- An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol.
- A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
- An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden.
- A pagoda sleeve.
Origin / Etymology
From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).
Scrabble Score: 10
pagoda is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpagoda is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pagoda is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
pagoda is a valid Words With Friends word