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.
RETRONYM
retronym
(noun) a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate; “Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so ‘analog clock’ is a retronym”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
retronym (plural retronyms)
(linguistics) A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique. [from 1980s]
Source: Wiktionary
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RIGHT
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