In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
VEGAS
Noun
vegas
plural of vega
Etymology 1
Shortening.
Proper noun
Vegas
(informal) Las Vegas, a city in Nevada, USA.
Etymology 2
Noun
Vegas
plural of Vega
Source: Wiktionary
VEGA
Ve"ga, n. (Astron.) Etym: [Ar. w, properly, falling: cf. F. Wéga.]
Definition: A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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