In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CHAMPAIGN
Champaign
(noun) a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
plain, field, champaign
(noun) extensive tract of level open land; “they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain”; “he longed for the fields of his youth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
champaign (plural champaigns)
(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
(obsolete) A battlefield.
Adjective
champaign (comparative more champaign, superlative most champaign)
Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
Proper noun
Champaign
A city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Cham*paign", n. Etym: [OF. champaigne; same word as campagne.]
Definition: A flat, open country. Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton. Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth.
Cham*paign", a.
Definition: Flat; open; level. A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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