Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CAMPAGNA
Etymology
Noun
campagna (plural campagne)
(dated) A flat stretch of countryside; open rural plain.
Proper noun
Campagna (plural Campagnas)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Campagna is the 7217th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4624 individuals. Campagna is most common among White (92.5%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Cam*pa"gna, n. Etym: [It. See Campaing.]
Definition: An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
Note: Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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