Costa Meaning
/ˈkɒ.stə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSynonym of rib.
nounA 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.
Sentence Examples
Juan was Costa Rican, whilst Pierre and Jack came from Réunion and South Africa respectively.
Alberto is from Costa Rica. He is Costa Rican.
Costa Rica is known as the Switzerland of Latin America.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ provides support and protection for the internal organs beneath it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Juan was ____ Rican, whilst Pierre and Jack came from Réunion and South Africa respectively.
Word Origin & History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin costa (“a rib”). Doublet of coast.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2016, John Goulden, Michael Costa: England's First Conductor, →ISBN:
"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."
— 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 82:
"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."
— 2013 February 28, Patricia Scanlan, With All My Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ provides support and protection for the internal organs beneath it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Juan was ____ Rican, whilst Pierre and Jack came from Réunion and South Africa respectively.