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 pa·go·da /pəˈgodə/
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 Pa·go·da n.
 1. 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.
 2. An idol. [R.]
 3.  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.
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 pagoda
      n : an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward
          curving roof