An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
TRAMONTANA
tramontane, tramontana
(noun) a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tramontana (plural tramontanas)
(weather) A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas.
Source: Wiktionary
Tra`mon*ta"na, n. [It. See Tramontane.] (Meteor.)
Definition: A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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