The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CHAYA
Etymology 1
Noun
chaya (plural chayas)
A teahouse in Japan.
Etymology 2
Noun
chaya
A large, fast-growing leafy perennial Mexican shrub which is popular in Mexico and Central America as a leafy vegetable, cooked and eaten like spinach, from species Cnidoscolus aconitifolius or Cnidoscolus chayamansa.
Synonyms
• tree spinach
Etymology 3
Noun
chaya
(Judaism) One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to the personality.
Coordinate terms
• nefesh
• neshama/neshamah
• ruach
• yechidah
Etymology
Proper noun
Chaya
A female given name from Hebrew.
Source: Wiktionary
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