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.
SECESSION
secession, withdrawal
(noun) formal separation from an alliance or federation
Secession
(noun) the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
secession, sezession
(noun) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
secession (countable and uncountable, plural secessions)
The act of seceding.
Source: Wiktionary
Se*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. See Secede.]
1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
2. (U.S. Hist.)
Definition: The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
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