In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KRAKATAU
Krakatau, Krakatao, Krakatoa
(noun) a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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