Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SPEEDWAY
speedway
(noun) a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles
speedway
(noun) road where high speed driving is allowed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
speedway (countable and uncountable, plural speedways)
(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
(uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.
A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
(chiefly, US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
Synonyms
• (motorcycle racing genre): motorcycle speedway
• (bicycle racing genre): cycle speedway, bicycle speedway
• (racing track): motor speedway, motospeedway
Etymology
Proper noun
Speedway (plural er-noun)
An enclave in Indianapolis, Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States
Source: Wiktionary
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