dagoba

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dagoba

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Borrowed from Sinhalese දාගැබ (dāgæba).

noun dagobas · dagaba · dagobah

archaic Synonym of stupa, particularly the white stupas of Sri Lanka. There, the interviewer, a Tamil professor, asked him only one question: to describe the shape of a dagoba, a Buddhist temple
Similar: stupa, particularly the white stupas of Sri Lanka
Synonym of chorten, a stupa in the usual Tibetan style, white and spindle-shaped.
Similar: chorten

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@misc{dagoba_2026,
  title = {dagoba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dagoba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}