Sinai, Sinai Peninsula
(noun) a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
Sinai, Sinai Desert
(noun) a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
Sinai, Mount Sinai
(noun) a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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.
