GILA

Gila, Gila River

(noun) a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Gila

A 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River which flows through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.

Noun

Gila (plural Gilas)

A Gila monster.

A Gila trout.

Anagrams

• Gail, Liga, glia

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

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.

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