In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DOWD
Proper noun
Dowd (plural Dowds)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dowd is the 2651st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13590 individuals. Dowd is most common among White (88.7%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
dowd (plural dowds)
(archaic) A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
Source: Wiktionary
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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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