1. adverb. Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time. It was late in the afternoon. She had to work late at night. His autobiography was written late in life. The case is expected to end late next week. Since late last year the border area has been the scene of heavy fighting.
The cowry was the shell most widely used worldwide as shell money. It is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and was collected in the Maldive Islands, in Sri Lanka, along the Malabar coast, in Borneo and on other East Indian islands, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique.
Answer Wiki. Supermarket currants are not made from currant berries. They are raisins made from small grapes originally grown on the Greek island of Corinth. Through mispronunciation, Corinth became currant. When growing moved to the Greek island of Zante, they tried changing the name to Zante raisins or Zante currants, but it was too late.