HUDSON

Hudson, Hudson River

(noun) a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century

Hudson, Henry Hudson

(noun) English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)

Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson

(noun) English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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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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