pagoda

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pagoda
    n 1: an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward
         curving roof

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pagoda \Pa*go"da\, n. [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr. Hind. & Per.
   but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol
   + kadah a house, a temple.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An idol. [R.] --Brande & C.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf.
      Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] 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.
      [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

PAGODA, comm. law. A denomination of money in Bengal. In the computation of 
ad valorem duties, it is valued at one dollar and ninety-four cent's. Act of 
March 2, 1799, s. 61, 1 Story's L. U. S. 626. Vide Foreign Coins.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "pagoda":
      alcove, antenna tower, barbican, belfry, bell tower, belvedere,
      campanile, colossus, column, cupola, derrick, dewal, dome, fane,
      fire tower, garden, gazebo, girja, kiack, lantern, lighthouse,
      martello, martello tower, masjid, mast, minaret, monument, mosque,
      obelisk, observation tower, pantheon, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle,
      pole, pylon, pyramid, shaft, shul, skyscraper, spire, standpipe,
      steeple, stupa, synagogue, tabernacle, television mast, temple,
      tope, tour, tower, turret, water tower, windmill tower