return, homecoming
(noun) a coming to or returning home; “on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party”
homecoming
(noun) an annual school or university reunion for graduates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
homecoming (plural homecomings)
The act or event of returning home.
(North American, also, attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
Source: Wiktionary
Home-com`ing, n.
Definition: Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
