The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
CARINA
carina
(noun) any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
Carina
(noun) a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Carina
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Etymology 2
Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.
Proper noun
Carina
A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.
Anagrams
• Ancira, Arican, Carian, Ciaran, acinar, arnica, crania, narica
Etymology
Noun
carina (plural carinas or carinae)
A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
(botany) Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
(zoology) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
(anatomy) Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge
Anagrams
• Ancira, Arican, Carian, Ciaran, acinar, arnica, crania, narica
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*ri"na, n. Etym: [L., keel.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A keel. (a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification. (b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The keel of the breastbone of birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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