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.
CIRQUE
cirque, corrie, cwm
(noun) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cirque (plural cirques)
(geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley.
Synonyms: corrie, combe, cwm
(dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring, such as a Roman circus.
Synonyms: circle, ring
Source: Wiktionary
Cirque, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. circus.]
1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects. A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.
2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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