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.
POMEROY
Proper noun
Pomeroy (countable and uncountable, plural Pomeroys)
A surname.
A village in Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
A small city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States.
A city, the county seat of Meigs County, Ohio, United States.
A census-designated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Washington, United States.
Noun
Pomeroy (plural Pomeroys)
A kind of large English apple.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pomeroy is the 4792nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7377 individuals. Pomeroy is most common among White (93.99%) individuals.
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