MAURITANIA

Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya

(noun) a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

15 November 2024

HISTOLOGICALLY

(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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