In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NORLAND
Noun
Norland (plural Norlands)
(poetic) The land in the north; north country.
(Scotland, UK) A Norlander; a person from the north.
Anagrams
• Landron
Source: Wiktionary
Nor"land, n. [For Northland.]
1. The land in the north; north country. [Chiefly Poetic]
2. = Norlander. [Scot. & Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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