According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
CIRCUMVALLATION
Etymology
From circumvallate.
Noun
circumvallation (plural circumvallations)
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
Source: Wiktionary
Cir`cum*val*la"tion, n. (Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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