In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ALGERIA
Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
(noun) a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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