SOUVENIR

keepsake, souvenir, token, relic

(noun) something of sentimental value

memento, souvenir

(noun) a reminder of past events

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

souvenir (plural souvenirs)

An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.

Synonyms: keepsake, memento, memorabilia

Verb

souvenir (third-person singular simple present souvenirs, present participle souveniring, simple past and past participle souvenired)

(transitive) To take (an article) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime.

Source: Wiktionary


Sou`ve*nir ( or ), n. Etym: [F., fr. souvenir to remember, fr. L. subvenire to come up, come to mind; sub under + venire to come, akin to E. come. See Come, and cf. Subvention.]

Definition: That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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