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go·down
(gō′doun′)n.
A warehouse, especially one in South or Southeast Asia or East Africa.
[Alteration (influenced by down) of Malay godong, probably of Dravidian origin; akin to Kannada gaḍaṅgu, storehouse, godown.]
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godown
(ˈɡəʊˌdaʊn)n
(Commerce) (in East Asia and India) a warehouse
[C16: from Malay godong]
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go•down
(goʊˈdaʊn)n.
(in South and Southeast Asia and the Far East) a warehouse or other storage place.
[1580–90; < Malay]
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| Noun | 1. |  godown - (in India and Malaysia) a warehousestorage warehouse, warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 |
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