In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
KALIAN
hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly
(noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; “a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
kalian (comparative more kalian, superlative most kalian)
(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing potassium
Synonyms
• potassian
Etymology 2
Noun
kalian (plural kalians)
A hookah.
Anagrams
• Kalina, kai-lan, kailan
Source: Wiktionary
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