durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn
(noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
durra (uncountable)
A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
• Rudra
Source: Wiktionary
Dur"ra, n. Etym: [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
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.
