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.
WAW
waw
(noun) the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
WAW (uncountable)
(computing) Initialism of write after write, a kind of data hazard.
Anagrams
• aww
Etymology 1
Verb
waw (third-person singular simple present waws, present participle wawing, simple past and past participle wawed)
(transitive, obsolete) To stir; move; wave.
Etymology 2
Noun
waw (plural waws)
(obsolete, water) A wave.
Etymology 3
Noun
waw (plural waws)
(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A wall.
Etymology 4
Noun
waw (plural waws)
The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: Ł.
Alternative spelling of vav
Anagrams
• aww
Source: Wiktionary
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