In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALAMO
Alamo
(noun) a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Alamo
A fort in San Antonio, Texas, United States, site of the Battle of the Alamo.
A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Georgia, United States.
A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Tennessee, United States.
A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
Noun
alamo (plural alamos)
A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; the cottonwood.
Source: Wiktionary
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