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1913
Edition
Godown
Go-down′
,
Noun.
[Corruption of Malay
gādong
warehouse.]
A warehouse.
[East Indies]
Definition
2024
godown
godown
See also:
go down
English
Noun
godown
(
plural
godowns
)
(
India
,
East Africa
,
Singapore
,
Malaysia
,
Hong Kong
)
A
warehouse
.
2011
,
Terry Pratchett
,
Snuff
, page 307 in hardback:
Sam Vimes awoke from a pig's nightmare to find himself lying on a pile of sacks in a
godown
in the docks.
Etymology
Borrowing
from
Malay
gudang
, from
Tamil
கிடங்கு
(
kiṭaṅku
,
“
store room
”
)
.
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