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.
MAIA
Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus Maia
(noun) type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ma"i*a, n. Etym: [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado). (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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