FAVA

Etymology

Noun

fava (plural favas or fava)

A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of the plant Vicia faba or the plant itself.

Usage notes

The collocation fava bean is much more common, even for the plant.

Proper noun

Fava (plural Favas)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fava is the 19242nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1409 individuals. Fava is most common among White (86.16%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.14%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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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.

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