Atlanta, battle of Atlanta
(noun) a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
Atlanta, capital of Georgia
(noun) state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman’s army during the American Civil War
Source: WordNet® 3.1
At*lan"ta, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 December 2024
(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent”; “it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
