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Definition: Costa |
CostaNoun1. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing). 2. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "costa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references) |
Synonym: CostaSynonym: rib (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Keeper | Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper. |
Pity | Phrase: one's heart bleeding for; haud ignara mali miseris succurrere disco; " a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind " onor di bocca assai giova e poco costa. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Costa |
| English words defined with "costa": capital of Costa Rica, caracolito, centimo, Central American country, Central American nation, colon, Costa Rican, Costa Rican colon, Costa Rican monetary unit ♦ giant potato creeper ♦ lepidobotrys ♦ potato vine ♦ Ruptiliocarpon caracolito ♦ San Jose, Solanum wendlandii. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "costa": Andorra-I ♦ CASSIA BICAPSULARIS, Central American Common Market, Costa Rican colón ♦ GEONOMA CONGESTA, geriffelte Dichtung, geriffelte Scheibendichtung ♦ HURA CREPITANS ♦ Listed below are the 28 Hispanic or Latino categories displayed in Census 2000 tabulations ♦ PSEUDOLMEDIA SPURIA ♦ San José, SIMABA CEDRON, Strombolian eruption ♦ VERNONIA PATENS, VERNONIA SCABRA. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Costa" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Catalan (coast, costs, seaside, shore), Galician (cost), Italian (coast, coastline, does it cost, flange, it costs, rib, seaboard, seacoast, seaside, shore), Latin (a rib, abdomen, coast, tummy), Portuguese (back, beach, coast, front, seashore, seaside, shore, strand, waterside), Romanian (be, cost), Romansch (coast, rib), Sicilian (coast), Spanish (coast, cost, oceanfront, price, seashore, seaside, shore). |
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Screenplays | Plus a 20 year old Costa Rican lover and a breast enhancement (The Naked Truth; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Maspalomas costa canaria (1974) Una Costa Brava (1973) Perla de la Costa Brava Lloret (1973) Costa del Sol malagueña (1972) Siguiendo el buen camino: Por las playas de España. La Costa Dorada. De Sitges a Casas de Alcanar (1971) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Pl. XCI. 318. Physiculus Kaupi, Poey. From Gunther, Challenger Report, Vol. XXII. 319. Physiculus fulvus, Bean. At N. Lat. 40.0, W. Lon. 69.9, in 59 fathoms . 320. Uraleptus Maraldi (Risso), Costa. Collected off Nevis, West Indies. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Costa Rica. Credit: Small World. |
 | Part of the Costa Rican rain forest at the Carara Biological Reserve. Credit: Small World. |  | [Out-patient clinic for children in San José, Costa Rica p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Studio E.K.. |
 | Talamanca Indians fishing, Costa Rica. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Indian in Ecuador with American water pump, a gift from CARE] / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Costa Manos, Magnum Photos, Inc., New York, N.Y.. |
 | Rose Dorothea leading Jessie Costa in first [?] Fishermen's Race for Lipton Cup. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Jessie Costa and James W. Parker in first [?] Fishermen's Race for Lipton Cup. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Small farm of California. Contra Costa County. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Contra Costa County, California. Bringing cattle in from the range. Common sight on California highways. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Costa Rica Waterfall" by Ryan Smith Commentary: "Went backpacking in costa rica. Saw this beautiful." | "Costa Victoria 4" by Igor Beres Commentary: "She was the biggest European cruise ship .." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In Panama and Costa Rica, the cases were classic dengue fever. (references) | |
Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii has also been documented in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama. (references) | ||
Among a group of long-time heavy marijuana users in Costa Rica, researchers found that the people had great trouble when asked to recall a short list of words (a standard test of memory). (references) | ||
Business | Both Costa Rica and Mexico are large manufacturers of insulated electric conductors. (references) | |
It should be noted that Costa Rica and Mexico are large manufacturers of insulated electric conductors. (references) | ||
A "major" market is defined as a country where Costa Rica represents a substantially large share of either imports or exports. (references) | ||
Children | Costa Rica | For example, police arrested five men involved in a so-called Costa Rican Association of Pedophiles for sexually exploiting four children. (references) |
Economic History | Costa Rica | Currency: Costa Rica Colon (CRC). (references) |
Costa Rica | Licensing is not widespread in Costa Rica. (references) | |
Human Rights | East Timor | On January 25, Joao Fernandes was tried for murder and received a sentence of 12 years and Augostino da Costa, who was convicted in July of killing a local employee of the U.N. Mission in East Timor, received a 15 year prison sentence. (references) |
Brazil | There was no information available in the case against a gunman who killed Jose Dutra da Costa, a rural activist in the state of Para in November 2000. Police arrested the gunman the same day and suggested that large landowners in the region may have ordered Costa's killing. (references) | |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Customs brokers must be Costa Rican nationals. (references) |
Political Rights | Costa Rica | The National Liberation Party (PLN) won 23 seats, the Democratic Force won 3 seats, and 4 minor parties--the Labor Action, National Integration, Costa Rican Renovation, and Libertarian Movement parties--each won 1 seat. (references) |
Costa Rica | The Foundation of Women Parliamentarians of Costa Rica promotes women's involvement in politics through informational meetings and public awareness campaigns and also works for a number of social objectives, including the decentralization of government. (references) | |
Trade | Costa Rica | Today, eight FTZs operate in Costa Rica, six of which are privately managed. (references) |
Travel | Costa Rica | AT&T, Sprint and MCI services are available from Costa Rica. (references) |
Costa Rica | For wireless users, Costa Rica has not signed a roaming agreement. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Entry/Exit Requirements: A valid passport is required to enter Costa Rica. (references) | |
Women | Nicaragua | In towns along the Pan American Highway, women and girls sell sexual services to truck drivers and other travelers, who are often foreigners driving north from Costa Rica. (references) |
Worker Rights | Brazil | Costa had been on the CPT list of labor leaders in the region "marked for death" for 8 years. (references) |
Brazil | In November 2000, Jose Dutra da Costa, leader of the rural workers union of Rondon do Para, was killed by two gunmen in front of his home. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Costa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.89% of the time. "Costa" is used about 568 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 97.89% | 556 | 11,235 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.11% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 568 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "costa" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Costa | Last name | 11,000 | 1,076 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Portugal | Sociedade de Construcoes Soares da Costa |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Costa, WV |
Expressions using "costa": capital of Costa Rica ♦ Contra Costa County ♦ costa brava ♦ costa del sol ♦ Costa Mesa ♦ costa rica ♦ costa rican ♦ Costa Rican colón ♦ Costa Rican colon ♦ Costa Rican monetary unit ♦ guarda costa ♦ Port Costa ♦ Republic of Costa Rica. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "costa": costa-bound, costa-gavras, costa-glitzy. | |
Ending with "costa": guarda-costa, mini-costa. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
costa rica | 10,900 | costa rica fishing | 459 |
costa rica vacation | 2,280 | arenal costa rica | 403 |
san jose costa rica | 1,740 | costa rica coffee | 399 |
travel to costa rica | 1,573 | costa cruise | 398 |
costa rica scuba diving | 1,379 | volcano of costa rica | 384 |
contra costa times | 1,278 | costa del mar | 345 |
costa mesa california | 1,098 | costa rica diving | 335 |
costa rica vacation rental | 1,016 | contra costa college | 334 |
costa rica villa | 1,015 | costa | 275 |
costa rica hotel | 1,008 | costa rica picture | 268 |
costa rica map | 810 | costa mesa | 238 |
costa rica real estate | 779 | costa rica resort | 227 |
costa del sol | 716 | mira costa college | 223 |
costa blanca | 691 | nikka costa | 218 |
costa rica rain forest | 582 | costa rica weather | 215 |
costa rica surfing | 582 | costa rica tour | 210 |
contra costa county | 581 | la costa | 207 |
costa rica trip | 548 | jungle of costa rica | 201 |
costa brava | 511 | costa rico | 200 |
costa rica rental | 480 | costa rica tourism | 197 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "costa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kostarikë (costa rica). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | коста рика (costa rica). (various references) | |
Czech | kostarica (costa rica). (various references) | |
Danish | CRC (Costa Rican colón), CR (Costa Rica, polychlorobutadiene, Republic of Costa Rica), costaricansk colón (Costa Rican colón), costaricaner (Costa Rican), Costa Rica (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, The Republic of Costa Rica), underart af quetzal (Costa Rica quetzal, Mexican resplendent quetzal), underart af puma (Costa Rican puma, Eastern puma, Florida puma), underart af ozelot (Costa Rican ocelot), republikken Costa Rica (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, The Republic of Costa Rica). (various references) | |
Dutch | Costaricaan (Costa Rican), Costa Rica (Costa Rica). (various references) | |
Esperanto | Kostariko (Costa Rica), kostarikano (Costa Rican), kostarika (Costa Rican), Kostabravo (Costa Brava). (various references) | |
Finnish | CRC (Costa Rican colón), CR (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica), costaricalainen (Costa Rican), Costa Rican tasavalta (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica), Costa Rican colon (Costa Rican colón), Costa Rica (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica). (various references) | |
French | Costaricien (Costa Rican), Costa Rica (Costa Rica). (various references) | |
German | Rippe (fin, Gill, rib, ridge, row, segment, vein). (various references) | |
Greek | CRC (Costa Rican colón), CR (Costa Rica, custom roaming, Republic of Costa Rica), Κόστα Ρίκα (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica), Κοσταρικανός (Costa Rican), κόστα ρίκα (costa rica), κουετζάλ της Κόστα Ρίκα (Costa Rica quetzal), κολόν Κόστα Ρίκα (Costa Rican colón), κολόν Κοσταρίκας (Costa Rican colón-ISO code), πούμα της Kεντρικής Aμερικής (Costa Rican puma), αιλουρόπαρδος της Kεντρικής Aμερικής (Costa Rican ocelot), Δημοκρατία της Κόστα Ρίκα (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica), οσελότος της Kεντρικής Aμερικής (Costa Rican ocelot). (various references) | |
Hungarian | costa-ricai (Costa Rican), costa rica (costa rica). (various references) | |
Irish | Cósta Ríce (Costa Rica). (various references) | |
Italian | CRI (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica), CRC (Costa Rican colón), CR (coefficient of drag, Costa Rica, drag coefficient, drag factor, polychlorobutadiene, Republic of Costa Rica), costaricano (Costa Rican), costarica (costa rica), Costa Rica (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, The Republic of Costa Rica), colón costaricano (Costa Rican colón), Repubblica di Costa Rica (Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, The Republic of Costa Rica), quetzal (Costa Rica quetzal, Guatemalan quetzal), mazama grande (Costa Rican red brocket). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | コジアスコ山 (co-generation system, cost, cost control, cost down, cost inflation, cost per thousand, cost performance, cost saving, cost up, Costa Rica, cost-push inflation, costume, Mount Kosciusko). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | コスタリカ (Costa Rica). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kostarikeño (Costa Rican), Kosta Rika (Costa Rica). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ostacay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | costa rica (costa rica). (various references) | |
Russian | коста-рика (costa rica), коста рика (costa rica). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kostarika (costa rica). (various references) | |
Spanish | Costa Rica (Costa Rica), costarricense (costa rican), Costa Brava (Costa Brava). (various references) | |
Swedish | costa rica (costa rica). (various references) | |
Thai | กระดูกซี่โครง. (various references) | |
Turkish | kosta rika (costa rica). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | костаріканський (costa rican). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 4, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai apokriqeiV eipen autw o ihsouV oti eirhtai ouk ekpeiraseiV kurion ton qeon sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et respondens Iesus ait illi dictum est non temptabis Dominum Deum tuum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa cwæð se hælend him andswariende; Hyt is gecweden: ne costa þu drihten þinne god; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Jhesus answeride, and seide to him, It is seid, Thou schalt not tempte thi Lord God. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Iesus answered and sayde to him it is sayd: thou shalt not tempte the Lorde thy God. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Jesus answering, said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 4, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Jesus mitubag kaniya, "Ginaingon na, `Ayaw pagtintala ang Ginoo nga imong Dios.`" |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 對 他 說 、 經 上 說 、 『 不 可 試 探 主 你 的 神 。 』 |
| Croatian | Odgovori mu Isus: "Reèeno je: Ne iskušavaj Gospodina, Boga svojega!" |
| Danish | Og Jesus svarede og sagde til ham: "Der er sagt: Du må ikke friste Herren din Gud." |
| Dutch | En Jezus, antwoordende, zeide tot hem: Er is gezegd: Gij zult den Heere, uw God, niet verzoeken. |
| Finnish | Jeesus vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Sanottu on: `Älä kiusaa Herraa, sinun Jumalaasi`." |
| French | Jésus lui répondit: Il es dit: Tu ne tenteras point le Seigneur, ton Dieu. |
| German | Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Es ist gesagt: "Du sollst Gott, deinen HERRN, nicht versuchen." |
| Haitian Creole | Jezi reponn li: Men sa ki ekri tou: Ou pa dwe seye sonde Mèt la, Bondye ou. |
| Hungarian | Felelvén pedig Jézus, monda néki: Megmondatott: Ne kísértsd az Urat, a te Istenedet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yesus menjawab, "Di dalam Alkitab tertulis, 'Jangan mencobai Tuhan, Allahmu.'" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka jawab Yesus serta berkata kepadanya, "Adalah tersebut: Janganlah engkau mencobai Allah Tuhanmu." |
| Manx Gaelic | As dreggyr Yeesey as dooyrt eh rish, Te er ny ghra, Cha jean oo daanys er y Chiarn dty Yee. |
| Maori | Na ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, Kua takoto te korero, Aua e whakamatautau ki te Ariki, ki tou Atua. |
| Norwegian | Og Jesus svarte og sa til ham: Det er sagt: Du skal ikke friste Herren din Gud. |
| Portuguese | Respondeu-lhe Jesus: Dito está: Não tentarás o Senhor teu Deus. |
| Rumanian | Isus i -a rqspuns: ,,S`a spus: Sq nu ispitewti pe Domnul, Dumnezeul tqu.`` |
| Shuar | Tutai Jesus aimiuk Tímiayi "Yus-Papí junasha tawai: Yus ame Uuntrum nekapsataj tiip." |
| Spanish | Respondiendo Jesús le dijo: --Dicho está: No pondrás a prueba al Señor tu Dios. |
| Swahili | Lakini Yesu akamjibu, "Imeandikwa: `Usimjaribu Bwana Mungu wako."` |
| Swedish | Då svarade Jesus och sade till honom: "Det är sagt: 'Du skall icke fresta Herren, din Gud.'" |
| Uma | Natompoi' Yesus: "Te'uki' wo'o hewa toi: `Neo' tasori Pue' -ta, Pue' Ala.'" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "costa": costae, costal, costar, costard, costards, costarred, costarring, costars, costate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "costa": intercostal, intercostals, sternocostal. (additional references) | |
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"Costa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cefta, cesta, Cfsma, Cisa, cista, Colta, Comstat, Cosatto, Cosma, Costaki, costan, Costen, Costia, Costie, Costis, Costow, Cota, Cowte, Cozza, Csta, Cueta, Gosta, Kastva, Kokstad, Kolstad, Koshtan, Kostev, Osti, Shostak. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "costa" (pronounced kô"stu) |
| 3 | -s t u | Arista, canasta, celesta, Cuesta, Fiesta, pasta, podesta, robusta, Testa, Vesta, vista. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ascot, coast, coats, tacos. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: acts, cast, cats, coat, cost, cots, oast, oats, ocas, scat, scot, stoa, taco, taos. | |
-2 letters: act, cat, cos, cot, oat, oca, sac, sat, sot, tao, tas. | |
-3 letters: as, at, os, so, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: accost, actors, ascots, cantos, castor, coacts, coapts, coasts, coatis, costae, costal, costar, cotans, cottas, mascot, octads, octans, scotia, scrota, tarocs. | |
+2 letters: accosts, acetose, acetous, actions, atomics, atonics, avocets, bobcats, cahoots, cantons, cantors, capotes, captors, carrots, cartons, castoff, castors, catalos, cations, cavorts, citolas, coastal, coasted, coaster, coatees, coaters, cobalts, comates, combats, conatus, contras, costard, costars, costate, coteaus, cottars, cowpats, cratons, dacoits, factors, isotach, lactose, locates, locusta, mascots, octanes, octants, octaves, octavos, offcast, osmatic, ostraca, outacts, outcast, oxcarts, psoatic, sacaton, scotias, scotoma, scrotal, somatic, stoical, stomach, surcoat, talcose, talcous, toecaps, tombacs, tomcats, toucans, trocars, turacos, upcoast. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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