COUNTERCOUP

countercoup

(noun) a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d’etat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

countercoup (plural countercoups)

A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup

Source: Wiktionary



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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