gourde
(noun) the basic unit of money in Haiti
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gourde (plural gourdes)
The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes.
• drogue, drouge, rogued, rouged
Source: Wiktionary
Gourd, Gourde n. Etym: [Sp. gordo large.]
Definition: A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. Simmonds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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.
