SHIBAH

shiva, shivah, shibah

(noun) (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; “the family is sitting shiva”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

shibah (plural shibahs)

Alternative spelling of shiva

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 April 2024

CITYSCAPE

(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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