surah (plural surahs or suwar)
Alternative spelling of sura
surah (countable and uncountable, plural surahs)
soft twilled silk
• Ashur, Rauhs, Shuar, sahur, shura
Source: Wiktionary
Su"rah, n.
Definition: A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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.
