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Pagoda

A temple in China, Hindustan, etc. (Hindustanee, boot-khuda, abode of God; Persian, put-gada, idol-house; Spanish, pagoda.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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