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.
OKA
oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata
(noun) South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
oka
(noun) a Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints
oka
(noun) a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Oka
A river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Oka
A small village, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Noun
Oka (uncountable)
(Canadian) A kind of pungent, semi-soft cheese, originally made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Oka
An ancient town in Bithynia in modern Turkey.
The capital city of the Akoko South-West, Ondo, Nigeria.
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
A common family/surname among Marathi Chitpawan Brahmins of Western India. Also spelt as Oke and Oak.
Anagrams
• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, koa, oak
Etymology
Noun
oka (plural okas)
(historical) A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
Meronyms
• (subdivisions of the unit of weight): dirhem or dram; ounce; cheki; rottol or rotl
• (superdivisions of the unit of weight): batman; kantar or quintal
Anagrams
• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, koa, oak
Source: Wiktionary
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