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Costa

proper noun

  1. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.stə/ / /ˈkɑ.stə/

name

Etymology: From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).

  1. A surname from the Romance languages.

    “Although Costa retained his contacts with the royal family, Gye was able to develop his own close relationship with the operaphile Prince of Wales, for whose mistress Pauline Lucca he occasionally rescheduled the programme.”

  2. A surname from the Romance languages.

    “Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.”

  3. A surname from the Romance languages.
  4. A surname from the Romance languages.
  5. A surname from the Romance languages.
  6. A surname from the Romance languages.
  7. A surname from the Romance languages.
  8. A surname from the Romance languages.
  9. The Spanish coast as a holiday or retirement destination, especially resort areas such as the Costa Blanca, Costa Brava and the Costa del Sol.

    “Riviera, a small town on Spain's southern coast, was empty of tourists, who had long gone back to their jobs and mundane lives, their Costa holiday a faded summer's dream.”

noun

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin costa (“a rib”). Doublet of coast.

  1. Synonym of rib.
  2. A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
  3. A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.