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.
NUNDINAL
Etymology
Adjective
nundinal (comparative more nundinal, superlative most nundinal)
Of or pertaining to a nundine
Noun
nundinal (plural nundinals)
A nundinal letter.
Source: Wiktionary
Nun"di*nal, n.
Definition: A nundinal letter.
Nun"di*nal, Nun"di*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. nundinalis, nundinarius, fr. nundinae the market day, the weekly market, prop., the ninth day, fr. nundinus belonging to nine days; novem nine + dies day: cf. F. nundinal.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day. Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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