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.
DIAERESES
DIAERESIS
dieresis, diaeresis
(noun) a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
diaereses
plural of diaeresis
Source: Wiktionary
DIAERESIS
Di*ær"e*sis, Di*er"e*sis, n.; pl. Diæreses or Diereses. Etym: [L. diaeresis, Gr. Heresy.]
1. (Gram.)
Definition: The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synæresis.
2. A mark consisting of two dots [..], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, coöperate, aërial.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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