What is the structure in which people sit on the elephant called in English?
Here is a picture which describes exactly what I mean. The structure here is in silver color, and has three people on it.
n.b. I don't know the name of it even in my native language.
Best Answer
To the best of my knowledge, it's called a howdah.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/howdah
Please bear in mind that this is not originally an English word, but a Persian / Urdu / Arabic one. However, as with much of English, rather than come up with our own words for foreign objects, we simply borrowed the local term for it and assimilated it into the English language.