The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
LI
li, fifty-one
(adjective) being one more than fifty
li
(noun) Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
lithium, Li, atomic number
(noun) a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
li (plural lis or li)
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
Synonym: Chinese mile
The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
Synonym: Korean mile
Etymology 2
Noun
li (plural li)
A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
Etymology 3
Noun
li (plural li)
(Chinese philosophy) A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
Etymology 4
Noun
li (plural li)
An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
Etymology 5
Symbol
li
(math) Logarithmic integral function
Etymology 6
Noun
li (uncountable)
(music) In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
Synonyms: A-sharp, B-flat, ta, te
Anagrams
• I'l, IL, il-
Proper noun
Li
A surname of Chinese origin, a transcription of 李 (Lǐ)
A surname of Chinese origin, a transcription of other less common names such as 黎 (Lí) and 理 (Lǐ)
A surname of Korean origin, a variant of Lee and Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)
A county of Gansu, China
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Li is the 273rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111,786 individuals. Li is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.8%) individuals.
Anagrams
• I'l, IL, il-
Source: Wiktionary
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