kafenio
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Etymology
From Greek καφενεῖον (kapheneîon), Greek καφενείο (kafeneío).
Noun
kafenio (plural kafenios)
- A Greek coffeehouse or cafe.
- 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 20:
- Kokolios […] was unashamed of his Communist convictions and devoted much time in the kapheneion to criticising the dictator and the King.
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 350:
- The traditional men-only kapheneion, where elderly denizens played backgammon, drank coffee and disputed the contents of the daily newspapers, began to be displaced by smart bars where young people of both sexes would congregate.
