Coffee has initially been a food ā chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
REGION
area, region
(noun) a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; āin the abdominal regionā
region, realm
(noun) a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; āit was a limited realm of discourseā; āhere we enter the region of opinionā; āthe realm of the occultā
region, part
(noun) the extended spatial location of something; āthe farming regions of Franceā; āreligions in all parts of the worldā; āregions of outer spaceā
region
(noun) a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; āpenguins inhabit the polar regionsā
region, neighborhood
(noun) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in āin the region ofā); āit was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the jobā; āthe price is in the neighborhood of $100ā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
region (plural regions)
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
(historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
(Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
Ellipsis of administrative region.
A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
(figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
(anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
(obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
(obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Anagrams
• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer
Source: Wiktionary
Re"gion (r"jn), n. Etym: [F. rƩgion, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.]
1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. Milton.
2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the fork invade the region of my heart." Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. Luke iii. 1.
3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.
4. The inhabitants of a district. Matt. iii. 5.
5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MEGALITH
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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