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godown

[ goh-doun ]

noun

  1. (in India and other countries in Asia) a warehouse or other storage place.


godown

/ ˈɡəʊˌdaʊn /

noun

  1. (in East Asia and India) a warehouse


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Word History and Origins

Origin of godown1

1580–90; < Malay godong, perhaps < Telugu giḍ ( ) angi, Tamil kiṭanku, akin to kiṭa- to lie

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Word History and Origins

Origin of godown1

C16: from Malay godong

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Example Sentences

This part of the building is covered on the outside with plaster in the manner of a kura (godown) so as to be fire-proof.

Two maunds are put in every sack, and when weighed the bags are hauled up close to the godown or store-room.

He led me by dark ways out of the fort, past the new godown, across the burying ground, down to Chandpal ghat.

She did not feel called upon to add that her own under-jacket had begun life upon Evelyn Desmond's godown shelves.

And accordingly he walked over to the godown attached to the house.

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