The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
SOLARIA
Noun
solaria
plural of solarium
Anagrams
• Ariolas, rosalia
Source: Wiktionary
SOLARIUM
So*la"ri*um, n.; pl. Solaria. Etym: [L. See Solar, n.]
1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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