kurgan (plural kurgans)
A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia.
• (burial mound): barrow, tumulus
Kurgan
An oblast in Russia in Siberia.
A city, the administrative center of Kurgan, Russia. Originally called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (Russian Царёво Городи́ще) (1662-1782).
Source: Wiktionary
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
