pa·go·da 
(pə-gōdə)
(pə-gōdə)n.
1.
a. A religious building of East Asia and Southeast Asia, especially a multistory Buddhist tower with overhanging eaves separating each level, 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.
[Portuguese pagode, perhaps from Tamil pagavadi, from Sanskrit bhagavatī, goddess, from feminine of bhagavat-, blessed, from bhagaḥ, good fortune; see bhag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
pagodaGojunoto Pagoda on Itsukushima Island
Hatsukaichi, Japan