In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TERRITORIALISE
territorialize, territorialise
(verb) extend by adding territory
territorialize, territorialise
(verb) place on a territorial basis; “The railways were territorialized”
territorialize, territorialise
(verb) organize as a territory
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
territorialise (third-person singular simple present territorialises, present participle territorialising, simple past and past participle territorialised)
Alternative form of territorialize
Source: Wiktionary
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19 November 2024
SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Coffee Trivia
