Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ARKS
Noun
arks
plural of ark
Anagrams
• AKRs, Kars, Sark, kars, ksar, sark, skar
Source: Wiktionary
ARK
Ark, n. Etym: [OE. ark, arke, arche, AS. arc, earc, earce, fr. L. arca, fr. arcere to inclose, keep off; akin to Gr.
1. A chest, or coffer. [Obs.] Bearing that precious relic in an ark. Spenser.
2. (Jewish Hist.)
Definition: The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.
3. The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.
4. A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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