In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POLJE
Etymology
Noun
polje (plural poljes)
(geology) An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia).
Synonym: karst field
Source: Wiktionary
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