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PAGO'DA, n.
PAGO'DA, n. A gold or silver coin current in Hindoostan, of different values in different parts of India, from $1.75 cts. to $2, or from 8 to 9s.sterling.
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.
An idol.
[R.] Brande *** C. 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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