mocha

mocha
noun Etymology: Mocha, Yemen Date: 1773 1. a. (1) a superior Arabian coffee consisting of small green or yellowish beans (2) a coffee of superior quality b. a flavoring made of a strong coffee infusion or of a mixture of cocoa or chocolate with coffee 2. a pliable suede-finished glove leather from African sheepskins 3. a dark chocolate-brown color

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  • MOCHA — (Ar. al Mukhā), a port city on the Red Sea coast of yemen . It is famous for being the major marketplace for coffee from the 15th to the 17th centuries, when the Dutch managed to obtain some seeds from the coffee tree – seeds which the Arab… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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  • mocha — (n.) 1733, fine coffee, from Mocha, Red Sea port of Yemen, from which coffee was exported. Meaning mixture of coffee and chocolate first recorded 1849. As a shade of dark brown, it is attested from 1895 …   Etymology dictionary

  • mocha — ► NOUN 1) a fine quality coffee. 2) a drink or flavouring made with this, typically with chocolate added. 3) a soft leather made from sheepskin. ORIGIN named after Mocha, a port on the Red Sea, from where the coffee and leather were first shipped …   English terms dictionary

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  • Mocha — (Mokka), Stadt in der türk. Provinz Jemen in Arabien, am Roten Meer, mit einem durch zwei Kastelle verteidigten Hafen und 4–5000 Einw., früher die erste Stadt der Provinz, jetzt sehr herabgekommen durch Verlegung des Handels, besonders der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • mocha — f. ☛ V. mocho …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Mocha — [mō′kə] seaport in SW Yemen, on the Red Sea: pop. 6,000 …   English World dictionary

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