airport, airdrome, aerodrome, drome
(noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Source: WordNet® 3.1
drome (plural dromes)
(obsolete) The crab plover, Dromas ardeola, of North Africa.
• Domer, dermo, dermo-, moder, mored
Source: Wiktionary
Drome, n. Etym: [F., fr. Gr. Dromedary.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
