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Costa del Sol

Costa del Sol proper noun: a geographic area along the coast of Andalusia, stretching roughly from Maro to Punta Chullera, serving as a popular summer tourist destination.

Proper noun

Costa del Sol

  1. A geographic area along the coast of Andalusia, stretching roughly from Maro to Punta Chullera, serving as a popular summer tourist destination.
    • DCI Tom Barnaby: Oh, right. There was one more tiny thing. Your little problem up north when you were fined... How did you raise the money?
      Ken Beavers: Sold up. Everything. House, car, the flat in Spain.
      Barnaby: Spain? Whereabouts?
      Heather Beavers: Costa del Sol.
      Barnaby: Oof. Where else? Well...1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders

Origin of Costa del Sol

From Spanish Costa del Sol (“coast of the sun”).

Questions about Costa del Sol

What does Costa del Sol mean?
Costa del Sol means a geographic area along the coast of Andalusia, stretching roughly from Maro to Punta Chullera, serving as a popular summer tourist destination.
What part of speech is Costa del Sol?
Costa del Sol is a proper noun.

Words near Costa del Sol in the dictionary

  1. costa
  2. Costa Blanca
  3. Costa Brava
  4. Costa Daurada
  5. Costa del Crime
  6. Costa del Sol
  7. Costa hummingbird
  8. Costa Mesa
  9. Costa Rica
  10. Costa Rican
  11. Costa Ricans

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