See Also: calavance(dictionary)

lebensraum (iou) and calavance (iou)


lebensraum (iou)



lebensraum noun. Also Lebensraum. E20.
[German.]
Space for living, room to exist and function freely; spec. (Hist.) territory which many German nationalists in the mid 20th cent. claimed was needed for the survival and healthy development of the nation.

calavance (iou)



calavance noun. obsolete exc. Canad. dial. Earlier caravance. E17.
[Ult. from Spanish garbanzo chick-pea.]
Any of certain kinds of pulse; a small bean.