krakowiak (plural krakowiaks)
A lively, syncopated Polish dance in duple time.
• cracovienne
Source: Wiktionary
Kra*ko"wi*ak, n. (Mus.)
Definition: A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2024
(noun) a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
