CONGII

CONGIUS

gallon, Imperial gallon, congius

(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

congii

plural of congius

Source: Wiktionary


CONGIUS

Con"gi*us, n. Etym: [L.]

1. (Roman Antiq.)

Definition: A liquid measure containing about three quarts.

2. (Med.)

Definition: A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to cong.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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