There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
COLUMBIUM
columbium
(noun) a former name for niobium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
columbium (usually uncountable, plural columbiums)
(obsolete) A former name of niobium.
Source: Wiktionary
Co*lum"bi*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Columbia America.] (Chem.)
Definition: A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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