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houdah

houdah is the dated form of howdah.

Meaning of howdah

Noun

howdah (plural howdahs)

  1. A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.
    • They don't ask for palanquins and howdahs.1938, Raja Rao, Kanthapura
  2. An ornate carriage which is positioned on the back of elephants or occasionally other animals, used most often in the past for rich people who travelled in India via elephant.

Forms of houdah

pluralhoudahs

Questions about houdah

What is houdah the dated form of?
Houdah is the dated form of howdah.

Words near houdah in the dictionary

  1. Houchen
  2. Houchin
  3. Houchins
  4. Houck
  5. Houcks
  6. houdah
  7. houdahs
  8. houdan
  9. houdans
  10. Houde
  11. Houdek

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Adapted from Wiktionary: houdah (page history and authors); howdah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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