According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
PRIMEVAL
aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial
(adjective) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; “aboriginal forests”; “primal eras before the appearance of life on earth”; “the forest primeval”; “primordial matter”; “primordial forms of life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
primeval (comparative more primeval, superlative most primeval)
belonging to the first ages
primary; original
primitive
Source: Wiktionary
Pri*me"val, a. Etym: [L. primaevus; primus first + aevum age. See Prime, a., and Age.]
Definition: Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. "This is the forest primeval." Longfellow. From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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