Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
GOVERNORATE
Etymology
Noun
governorate (plural governorates)
The territory governed by a governor; a province.
Usage notes
Primarily used as translation of foreign terms, notably Arabic محافظَة (“muhafazah”). Historically also Russian губе́рния (“guberniya”) and губернаторство of Imperial Russia and Spanish gobernacion of Imperial Spain, among others.
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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