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.
EMINENCE
tuberosity, tubercle, eminence
(noun) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
eminence, distinction, preeminence, note
(noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority; “a scholar of great eminence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eminence (countable and uncountable, plural eminences)
Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
The quality or state of being eminent.
Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
(geology) An elevated land area or a hill.
(anatomy) A protuberance.
(uncountable) A dark purple color.
Synonyms
• distinction
• prominence
• renown
• celebrity
Antonyms
• (someone of high rank, reputation or social status): obscurity
• (the quality or state of being eminent): mediocrity
Proper noun
Eminence
An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.
A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Em"i*nence, n. Etym: [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. Ă©minence.]
1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.
2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton. You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.
3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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