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Thread #19171   Message #3659098
Posted By: GUEST,A Girl with the Last Name Botica
10-Sep-14 - 02:55 PM
Thread Name: What's a 'botica?'
Subject: RE: What's a 'botica?'
well it's hard to say what it is, but my last name is Botica

.Bota
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
2.
a wine barrel of Spain holding 500 liters (132 U.S. gallons).

Botica: Chemist, Pharmacy, Drugstore

A botánica (often written botanica and less commonly known as a hierbería or botica) is a retail store that sells folk medicine, religious candles and statuary, amulets, and other products regarded as magical or as alternative medicine. They also carry oils, incense, perfumes, scented sprays (many of which are thought to have special properties) and various brand name health care products.

The mišnice is an instrument like a bagpipe, made from goatskin. Its date of invention is unknown but it is known to have existed in Europe by the 9th century. Different forms of the instrument were found in North Africa and Eastern Europe, especially Croatia, Serbia, Hungary and Ukraine. ...