cafenion

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/kæfəˈniːən/

A form of kafenio — A Greek coffeehouse or cafe.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nouncafenion (plural cafenions)

plural cafenions

  1. alternativeAlternative form of kafenio.

    Tourists lounge outside the harbor cafenions writing postcards, drinking seltzer.

    2006, Nick Hammer, The Lunatic, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 187
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    Even in the early 20th century only a few buildings, primarily stone-built warehouses or apothekes and a cafenion, existed at Pacheia Ammos, so there was little settlement flanking this coastal route to the east of Kalo Chorio in the 18th and 19th centuries.

    2004, Barbara J. Hayden, Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete (University Museum Monograph 119), volume 2 (The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies), Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, →ISBN, page 4

    People love to sit in our tavernas and cafenions, laughing and pointing as they watch the fashion victims walk by. It makes them feel good, thinking how superior they are to the masses.

    2020, Jeffrey Siger, Island of Secrets, Naperville, Ill.: Poisoned Pen Press, →ISBN
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APA

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Chicago

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