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[goh-doun]
–noun
(in India and other countries in Asia) a warehouse or other storage place.

Origin:
1580–90; < Malay godong, perh. < Telugu giḍ()angi, Tamil kiṭanku, akin to kiṭa- to lie
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go·down   (gō'doun')   
n.  In India and East Asia, a warehouse, especially one at a dockside.

[Alteration (influenced by down1) of Malay godong, probably of Dravidian origin; akin to Kannada gaḍaṅgu, storehouse, godown.]
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