📚 Pagoda, noun. 🔉 /pəˈɡəʊdə/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: (in India and East Asia) a Hindu or Buddhist temple, typically in the form of a many-tiered tower. ❗️ Examples: 1. 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). 2. Hirayama's paintings are based on religious themes; most of these are representations of mosques, pagodas, Buddhist temples and Bodhisattvas. 3. Outstanding examples of Korean architecture can be seen in historic palaces and Buddhist temples and pagodas. 4. Anawrahta's capital, Pagan, was sacked by the Mongols in 1287 and the city with its many thousand pagodas and temples was abandoned. 5. 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. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic