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.
COLONIZE
colonize, colonise
(verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); “The British colonized the East Coast”
colonize, colonise
(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; “Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
colonize (third-person singular simple present colonizes, present participle colonizing, simple past and past participle colonized)
(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
(transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.
(transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
(intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.
(transitive, social sciences, by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.
Source: Wiktionary
Col"o*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. coloniser.]
Definition: To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
Col"o*nize, v. i.
Definition: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STATE
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