In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Columba, genus Columba
(noun) type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons
Columba, Dove
(noun) a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Co*lum"ba, n. (Med.)
Definition: See Calumba.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.