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costa

/ˈkɒ.stə/US/ˈkɑ.stə/

costa noun: synonym of rib.

Noun

costa (plural costas or costae)

  1. Synonym of rib.
    Synonyms:
    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.
    1. The vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.

Proper noun capitalized: Costa

Costa (plural Costas)

  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.2016, John Goulden, Michael Costa: England's First Conductor, →ISBN
    1. A surname from Italian.
      • 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
    2. A surname from Galician.
    3. A surname from French.
    4. A surname from Occitan.
    5. A surname from Spanish.
    6. A Catalonian surname from Catalan.
    7. A surname from Portuguese.
  2. (UK, informal) 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.2013 February 28, Patricia Scanlan, With All My Love, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

costa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

costa in Hindi

कोस्टा, कॉस्टा

costa in Tamil

விலா எலும்பு, விலா எலும்பு போன்ற அமைப்பு, வடிகுழாய், நாளம், மலைத்தொடர், வண்டின் சிறகின் முன்விளிம்பு

costa in Marathi

कोस्टा, कॉस्टा

costa in Urdu

کوسٹا, کاسٹا
More languagesFewer languages
costa in Bengali
পঁজর
costa in Telugu
కోస్టా
costa in Malayalam
കോസ്റ്റാ, കോസ്റ്റ
costa in Kannada
ಕೋಸ್ಟಾ, ಕಾಸ್ಟಾ
costa in Punjabi
ਕੋਸਟਾ, ਕੋਸ੍ਟਾ, ਕੌਸਟਾ
costa in Gujarati
કોસ્ટા, કોસ્તા
costa in Odia
କୋଷ୍ଟା, କୋସ୍ଟା
costa in Nepali
कोस्टा, कोस्ता

Synonyms of costa

Forms of costa

Noun
pluralcostas
pluralcostae
Proper noun
pluralCostas
alternative formCostas
alternative formDacosta
alternative formDaCosta
alternative formdaCosta
alternative formda Costa
alternative formDa Costa
alternative formdalla Costa
alternative formDalla Costa
alternative formdallaCosta
alternative formDallaCosta
alternative formDallacosta

Plural of costa: costas or costae

Origin of costa

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

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

Words formed from costa

Phrases with costa

3 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with costa

Questions about costa

What does costa mean?
Costa means synonym of rib.
What is costa in Hindi?
Costa in Hindi is कोस्टा, कॉस्टा. See Costa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is costa?
Costa can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce costa?
Costa is pronounced /ˈkɒ.stə/ (UK).
What is the plural of costa?
The plural of costa is costas.

Words near costa in the dictionary

  1. cost-free
  2. cost-prohibitive
  3. cost-push inflation
  4. cost-saving
  5. cost-wise
  6. costa
  7. Costa Blanca
  8. Costa Brava
  9. Costa Daurada
  10. Costa del Crime
  11. Costa del Sol

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: costa (page history and authors); Costa (page history and authors); costa (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); costa (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); costa (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); costa (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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