The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
FIREFLIES
Noun
fireflies
plural of firefly
Source: Wiktionary
FIREFLY
Fire"fly`, n.; pl. Fireflies (. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridæ.
Note: The common American species belong to the genera Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elateridæ. See Fire beetle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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