In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALAN
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Alan (plural Alans)
A male given name from Celtic languages.
Etymology 2
Noun
Alan (plural Alans or Alani)
(historical) A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.
Anagrams
• Anal, Lana, Nala, anal, anal., lana, nala
Noun
alan (plural alans)
Alternative form of alaunt
Anagrams
• Anal, Lana, Nala, anal, anal., lana, nala
Source: Wiktionary
A*lan", n. Etym: [OF. alan, alant; cf. Sp. alano.]
Definition: A wolfhound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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