IRREDENTA

irredenta, irridenta

(noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

irredenta (plural irredentas)

Any region whose inhabitants are ethnically related to those of another state

Anagrams

• nerderati, renardite, retrained, trainered

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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