Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ZENANA
Etymology
Noun
zenana (plural zenanas)
A harem on the Indian subcontinent; a part of the house reserved for high-caste women; a system of segregating women into harems.
An effeminate or crossdressing male in northern India or Pakistan. (Also spelled zanána.)
Source: Wiktionary
Ze*na"na, n. Etym: [Hind. zenana, zanana, fr. Per. zanana, fr. zan woman; akin to E. queen.]
Definition: The part of a dwelling appropriated to women. [India]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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