Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
NATIONALIZATION
nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation
(noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control
nationalization, nationalisation
(noun) the action of rendering national in character
nationalization, nationalisation
(noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nationalization (countable and uncountable, plural nationalizations)
American spelling and Oxford British standard spelling of nationalisation.
Source: Wiktionary
Na`tion*al*i*za"tion, n.
Definition: The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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