According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
ANTONOMASIA
Etymology
Noun
antonomasia (countable and uncountable, plural antonomasias)
(rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.
(rhetoric) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.
Source: Wiktionary
An`to*no*ma"si*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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