In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GENA
Proper noun
Gena
A female given name, a rare variant of Gina.
Anagrams
• Ange, Egan, Gean, agen, gean, nega-
Etymology
Noun
gena (plural genae)
(zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
(entomology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
(entomology) The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analagous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.
Anagrams
• Ange, Egan, Gean, agen, gean, nega-
Source: Wiktionary
Ge"na, Etym: [L., the cheek.] (Zoöl.) (a) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird. (b) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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