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.
APHESIS
aphesis
(noun) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in âsquireâ for âesquireâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aphesis (countable and uncountable, plural apheses)
(linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
Synonyms
• procope
Antonyms
• prothesis (addition of the beginning of a word)
• apocope (omission at the end of a word)
Hypernyms
• apheresis
Anagrams
• saphies
Source: Wiktionary
Aph"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOOTING
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; âon good terms with her in-lawsâ; âon a friendly footingâ
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