MAVEN

ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

maven (plural mavens)

(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field.

Proper noun

MAVEN

(NASA, space) Initialism of Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (a space probe designed to investigate the Martian climate)

Source: Wiktionary



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QUANDONG

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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