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godown
noun
[ ˈɡəʊdaʊn ]
• (in eastern Asia, especially India) a warehouse.
Origin:
late 16th century: from Portuguese gudão, from Tamil kiṭaṅku, Malayalam kiṭaṅṅu, or Kannada gadaṅgu ‘store, warehouse’.