Fane (plural Fanes)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fane is the 25136th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 987 individuals. Fane is most common among White (52.08%) and Black/African American (38.5%) individuals.
• NEFA, neaf
fane (plural fanes)
(obsolete) A weathercock, a weather vane.
(obsolete) A banner, especially a military banner.
fane (plural fanes)
A temple or sacred place.
• NEFA, neaf
Source: Wiktionary
Fane, n. Etym: [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See Fame.]
Definition: A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.] Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth.
Fane, n. Etym: [See Vane.]
Definition: A weathercock. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
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.
