Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
KARST
Etymology
Noun
karst (plural karsts)
(geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
Anagrams
• Stark, Trask, karts, skart, stark
Etymology
Proper noun
the Karst
A mountainous region in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia.
Anagrams
• Stark, Trask, karts, skart, stark
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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