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A correspondent enquires as to the origin of the word "godown" for a wharf-side warehouse, used in this column from time to time. The authority I shall quote is the new Oxford English Dictionary, which points out that it is an adaptation of the Malay word godong (gudang), meaning a warehouse or store for goods, used throughout the East, and first adopted in English in 1588, by East India merchants.

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GODOWNS A correspondent enquires as to the origin of the word "godown" for a wharf-side warehouse, used in this column from time to time. The authority I shall quote is the new Oxford English Dictionary, which points out that it is an adaptation of the Malay word godong (gudang), meaning a warehouse or store for goods, used throughout the East, and first adopted in English in 1588, by East India merchants.
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GODOWNS A correspondent enquires as to the origin of the word "godown" for a wharf-side warehouse, used in this column from time to time. The authority I shall quote is the new Oxford English Dictionary, which points out that it is an adaptation of the Malay word godong (gudang), meaning a warehouse or store for goods, used throughout the East, and first adopted in English in 1588, by East India merchants. 3B6
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GODOWNS

A correspondent enquires as to the origin of the word "godown" for a wharf-side warehouse, used in this column from time to time. The authority I shall quote is the new Oxford English Dictionary, which points out that it is an adaptation of the Malay word godong (gudang), meaning a warehouse or store for goods, used throughout the East, and

first adopted in English in 1588, by East India merchants.

3B6

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