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.
ATLANTES
Etymology
Noun
atlantes
plural of atlas
Source: Wiktionary
At*lan"tes, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Atlas.] (Arch.)
Definition: Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss.
ATLAS
At"las, n.; pl. Atlases. Etym: [L. Atlas, -antis, Gr. Atlas, in W. Africa, regarded as the pillar of heaven. It is from the root of Tolerate.]
1. One who sustains a great burden.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
3. A collection of maps in a volume; --
Note: supposed to be so called from a picture of Atlas supporting the world, prefixed to some collections. This name is said to have been first used by Mercator, the celebrated geographer, in the 16th century.
Note: 4. A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
5. A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
6. A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
7. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. Atlas powder, a nitroglycerin blasting compound of pasty consistency and great explosive power.
At"las, n. Etym: [Ar., smooth.]
Definition: A rich kind of satin manufactured in India. Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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