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cafes

 [ka-fey, kuh- or, especially for 4, Fr. ka-fey]   Origin

ca·fé

   [ka-fey, kuh- or, especially for 4, Fr. ka-fey]
noun, plural -fés  [-feyz; Fr. -fey] .
1.
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
2.
a restaurant, usually small and unpretentious.
3.
a barroom, cabaret, or nightclub.
4.
coffee.
Also, ca·fe.

Origin:
1780–90; < French: literally, coffee

Synonyms
1, 2. coffeehouse, bistro, lunchroom, tearoom.

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CAFE

   [ka-fey, kuh-]
noun
a U.S. federally mandated standard of average minimum miles-per-gallon fuel consumption for all the cars produced by an automobile manufacturer in a given year.
Origin:
C(orporate) A(verage) F(uel) E(conomy)
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cafe
1802, from Fr. café "coffee, coffeehouse," from It. caffe "coffee" (see coffee). The beverage was introduced in Venice by 1615 and in France from 1650s by merchants and travelers who had been in Turkey and Egypt. The first public café might have been the one
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opened in Marseilles in 1660.
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