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.
ESPERANTO
Esperanto
(noun) an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Es`pe*ran"to, n.
Definition: An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym "Dr. Esperanto" in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. -- Es`pe*ran"tist (#), n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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