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.
NEIGHBORING
adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring
(adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; “Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Connecticut”; “the side of Germany conterminous with France”; “Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho”; “neighboring cities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
neighboring (not comparable)
(American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
Verb
neighboring
(American spelling) present participle of neighbor
Source: Wiktionary
Neigh"bor*ing, a.
Definition: Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.
NEIGHBOR
Neigh"bor, n. Etym: [OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgeb; neáh nigh + gebr a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nahgib. See Nigh, and Boor.] [Spelt also neighbour.]
1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.
2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. Shak.
3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.
Neigh"bor, a.
Definition: Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." Jer. l. 40. "The neighbor room." Shak.
neigh"bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neighbored; p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.]
1. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to. Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys.
2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] Shak.
Neigh"bor, v. i.
Definition: To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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