Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GEOCODE
Etymology
Verb
geocode (third-person singular simple present geocodes, present participle geocoding, simple past and past participle geocoded)
To find the latitude and longitude coordinates of an address.
Noun
geocode (plural geocodes)
A code made up of latitude and longitude, indicating a geographical location.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
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