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.
POMP
pomp, eclat
(noun) ceremonial elegance and splendor; “entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses”
gaudery, pomp
(noun) cheap or pretentious or vain display
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pomp (countable and uncountable, plural pomps)
Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
Verb
pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)
(obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.
Source: Wiktionary
Pomp, n. Etym: [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. Pump a shoe.]
1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. "All the pomps of a Roman triumph." Addison.
2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
Syn.
– Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.
Pomp, v. i.
Definition: To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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