mocha

adj

Etymology: From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.

1. Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

name

1. A village in Gujarat, India.
2. A village in Madhya Pradesh, India.
3. A city in Tungurahua Province, Ecuador.
4. A city in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.
5. A female given name.
6. A surname.
7. The name originally proposed for JavaScript.

noun

Etymology: From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.

1. A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.

   “"Can you hear the kitchen door being opened at this moment or detect the exact aroma of our host's mocha?" he demanded.”

2. A flavour that combines coffee and chocolate.

   “mocha fudge”

   “mocha brownies”

3. A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
4. A strong Arabian coffee.
5. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
6. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.