CRIOLLO

criollo

(noun) cocoa of superior quality

criollo

(noun) a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish); “Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Proper noun

Criollo (plural Criollos)

A surname.

Etymology 2

Noun

Criollo (plural Criollos)

(historical) A member of a social class, in the 16th-century Spanish colonies, who were born in the colonies but had European lineage.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Criollo

A kind of tobacco primarily used in making cigars.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Criollo is the 22809th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1123 individuals. Criollo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.81%) individuals.

Noun

criollo (plural criollos)

Alternative form of Criollo

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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