According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
ASTRALS
ASTRAL
As"tral, a. Etym: [L. astralis, fr. astrum star, Gr. astral. See Star.]
Definition: Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor. Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. Dryden. Astral lamp, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which the oil is contained.
– Astral spirits, spirits formerly supposed to live in the heavenly bodies or the aĂ«rial regions, and represented in the Middle Ages as fallen angels, spirits of the dead, or spirits originating in fire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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