Definition of pagoda in English:
pagoda
noun pəˈɡəʊdəpəˈɡoʊdə
1(in India and East Asia) a Hindu or Buddhist temple, typically in the form of a many-tiered tower.
- They managed to walk two kilometres to the relative safety of a Buddhist pagoda where he met an American Sri Lankan whose uncle owned a farm a further three kilometres away.
- Buddhist temples incorporate pagodas, a design which came from India around the first century C.E. (the time when the religion made its way to China).
- There seems to be endless jewelled demons, gilded temples (called wats) and tall pagodas.
- Anawrahta's capital, Pagan, was sacked by the Mongols in 1287 and the city with its many thousand pagodas and temples was abandoned.
- Here, the first port of call should be Wat Phra Keow, a collection of pagodas, stupas, frescos and mosaics under arching roofs of red and gold; its small emerald Buddha is of tremendous cultural significance to the nation.
- The tours begin in Hanoi, where guests will visit the Museum of Ethnology, the old craft quarter and several pagodas and temples, including the Tay Phuong Pagoda.
- People circled around the pagodas with the wish to be like Buddha himself.
- The converts among the merchants and nomadic rulers built temples, pagodas and cave sanctuaries carved into the canyon cliffs and mountains along the Yellow River.
- Monuments, temples, pagodas have been restored for use and for tourism.
- Outstanding examples of Korean architecture can be seen in historic palaces and Buddhist temples and pagodas.
- Here, where the river takes a sharp U-turn, a suspension bridge connects the highway to a small mountain studded with a temple, a towering pagoda and a large golden statue of the Buddha.
- There are two very fine pagodas to visit at this temple as well as enjoying the lovely mountain stream.
- The later temples consisted of a Main Hall and two pagodas.
- Across the world, temples, pagodas, sacred land and water formations, manuscripts and sculptures are under threat from a variety of sources.
- The tall, zelkova tree beside the pagoda is draped with lanterns on the Buddha's Birthday in May of every year.
- The Garden contains two Japanese pagodas and a large Buddhist statue, as well as rare Japanese plants and many beautiful lanterns.
- He built a brick pagoda and kept 3,000 Buddha statues at Sokjjang-sa where he lived.
- Hirayama's paintings are based on religious themes; most of these are representations of mosques, pagodas, Buddhist temples and Bodhisattvas.
- The landscaped gardens are complemented by eastern temples, Nepalese pagodas and roaming peacocks.
- Temples and pagodas exist only to inspire the proper frame of mind for believers' devotion and self-awareness.
- 1.1 An ornamental imitation of a Hindu or Buddhist pagoda.
- They display books on pavements, near schools, and bus stations, even pagodas, cafe bars and restaurants.
- The design of a redwood shade shelter can vary from a lattice trellis to a post, beam and rafter construction or the more elaborate angles of a pagoda or gazebo-style shelter.
- The site featured an orangery (precursor to the modern greenhouse), a pagoda, and an archway designed by the architect Sir William Chambers.
- It was a place of pebbled walkways, pagodas, stone lanterns, a waterfall, and a wishing well where families and courting couples could give voice to their dreams.
- Tetra found the queen exactly where the messenger had said, out in the summer pagoda in the palace gardens, with her eldest daughter Erris.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Portuguese pagode, perhaps based on Persian butkada 'temple of idols', influenced by Prakrit bhagodī 'divine'.
Rhymes
Clodagh, coda, coder, exploder, loader, Oder, odour (US odor), Rhoda, Sargodha, Schroder, soda, vocoder
Definition of pagoda in US English:
pagoda
nounpəˈɡoʊdəpəˈɡōdə
1A Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many-tiered tower, in India and East Asia.
- Outstanding examples of Korean architecture can be seen in historic palaces and Buddhist temples and pagodas.
- Anawrahta's capital, Pagan, was sacked by the Mongols in 1287 and the city with its many thousand pagodas and temples was abandoned.
- Monuments, temples, pagodas have been restored for use and for tourism.
- Temples and pagodas exist only to inspire the proper frame of mind for believers' devotion and self-awareness.
- He built a brick pagoda and kept 3,000 Buddha statues at Sokjjang-sa where he lived.
- The Garden contains two Japanese pagodas and a large Buddhist statue, as well as rare Japanese plants and many beautiful lanterns.
- Across the world, temples, pagodas, sacred land and water formations, manuscripts and sculptures are under threat from a variety of sources.
- People circled around the pagodas with the wish to be like Buddha himself.
- The converts among the merchants and nomadic rulers built temples, pagodas and cave sanctuaries carved into the canyon cliffs and mountains along the Yellow River.
- Buddhist temples incorporate pagodas, a design which came from India around the first century C.E. (the time when the religion made its way to China).
- The later temples consisted of a Main Hall and two pagodas.
- The landscaped gardens are complemented by eastern temples, Nepalese pagodas and roaming peacocks.
- Here, the first port of call should be Wat Phra Keow, a collection of pagodas, stupas, frescos and mosaics under arching roofs of red and gold; its small emerald Buddha is of tremendous cultural significance to the nation.
- There seems to be endless jewelled demons, gilded temples (called wats) and tall pagodas.
- The tall, zelkova tree beside the pagoda is draped with lanterns on the Buddha's Birthday in May of every year.
- There are two very fine pagodas to visit at this temple as well as enjoying the lovely mountain stream.
- Hirayama's paintings are based on religious themes; most of these are representations of mosques, pagodas, Buddhist temples and Bodhisattvas.
- The tours begin in Hanoi, where guests will visit the Museum of Ethnology, the old craft quarter and several pagodas and temples, including the Tay Phuong Pagoda.
- Here, where the river takes a sharp U-turn, a suspension bridge connects the highway to a small mountain studded with a temple, a towering pagoda and a large golden statue of the Buddha.
- They managed to walk two kilometres to the relative safety of a Buddhist pagoda where he met an American Sri Lankan whose uncle owned a farm a further three kilometres away.
- 1.1 An ornamental imitation of a Hindu or Buddhist pagoda.
- Tetra found the queen exactly where the messenger had said, out in the summer pagoda in the palace gardens, with her eldest daughter Erris.
- They display books on pavements, near schools, and bus stations, even pagodas, cafe bars and restaurants.
- The site featured an orangery (precursor to the modern greenhouse), a pagoda, and an archway designed by the architect Sir William Chambers.
- It was a place of pebbled walkways, pagodas, stone lanterns, a waterfall, and a wishing well where families and courting couples could give voice to their dreams.
- The design of a redwood shade shelter can vary from a lattice trellis to a post, beam and rafter construction or the more elaborate angles of a pagoda or gazebo-style shelter.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Portuguese pagode, perhaps based on Persian butkada ‘temple of idols’, influenced by Prakrit bhagodī ‘divine’.