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What does houdah mean?

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Noun
  1. A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.
  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.
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A man standing up on the houdah of an elephant may pass under it without touching the foliage.
At one point, the island featured a 150-foot-tall, tin-and-wood hotel, built in the shape of an elephant, with glowing yellow eyes, an observatory in its houdah and rooms full of prostitutes.

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