Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
mocha
noun · first attested 18th century
The coffee is named for a Red Sea port.
A coffee associated with Yemen, or a chocolate-coffee flavor.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
al-Mukha
- Step 2
Mocha
- In English
mocha
Mocha, or al-Mukha, was the Yemeni port from which coffee was shipped to the world. English named the bean for the harbor, then extended mocha to chocolate-coffee drinks.