sectionalism, provincialism, localism
(noun) a partiality for some particular place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sectionalism (countable and uncountable, plural sectionalisms)
Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole.
(politics) Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation.
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"tion*al*ism, n.
Definition: A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
