CITYSCAPE

cityscape

(noun) painting depicting a city or urban area

cityscape

(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cityscape (plural cityscapes)

The view of the buildings of a city, usually referring to a pictured landscape.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

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.

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