In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Visayan, Bisayan
(noun) a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Vi*sa"yan, n. [Cf. Sp. Bisayo a Visayan.]
Definition: A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.