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howdah

how·dah

UK/ˈhaʊdə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant

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Origin

From Hindi हौदा (haudā), from Arabic هَوْدَج (hawdaj, “litter carried by a camel”) (1774).

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