Costa Rica
UK/ˌkɒs.tə ˈɹiːkə/
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Costa Rica proper noun: a country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Costa Rica.
Proper noun
Costa Rica
- A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Costa Rica.
- He got to Costa Rica in early November. It has poured rain every day. “Spirits,” he said, “are still high.”2020 November 8, Erin Griffith, “The Digital Nomads Did Not Prepare for This”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020
- A barangay of Batuan, Masbate, Philippines.
- Several barangays of Almagro, Samar, Philippines.
Costa Rica meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Costa Rica in Hindi
- country
- कोस्टा रिका kosṭā rikā
Costa Rica in Tamil
- country
- கோஸ்ட்டா ரிக்கா kōsṭṭā rikkā, கோசுட்டா ரிக்கா kōcuṭṭā rikkā
Costa Rica in Marathi
- country
- कोस्टा रिका kosṭā rikā
Costa Rica in Urdu
- country
- کوسٹاریکا kosṭā rikā
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- Costa Rica in Bengali
- কোস্টা রিকা kōsṭa rika
- Costa Rica in Telugu
- కోస్టారీకా kōsṭārīkā
- Costa Rica in Malayalam
- കോസ്റ്റ റീക്ക kōsṟṟa ṟīkka
- Costa Rica in Kannada
- ಕೋಸ್ಟಾ ರಿಕ kōsṭā rika
- Costa Rica in Punjabi
- ਕੋਸਤਾ ਰੀਕਾ kostā rīkā
- Costa Rica in Gujarati
- કોસ્ટા રિકા kosṭā rikā
- Costa Rica in Sinhala
- කෝස්ට රිකා kōsṭa rikā
- Costa Rica in Nepali
- कोस्टारिका kosṭārikā
- Costa Rica in Pashto
- کوستاريکا kostārikā, کوسټاریکا kosṭārikā
- Costa Rica in Tagalog
- Kosta Rika
- Costa Rica in Arabic
- كُوسْتَارِيكَا kostarīkā
- Costa Rica in Malay
- Costa Rica
- Costa Rica in Indonesian
- Kosta Rika
- Costa Rica in Persian
- کاستاریکا kâstârikâ
- Costa Rica in Thai
- คอสตาริกา kɔ́s-dtaa-rí-gâa
- Costa Rica in Vietnamese
- Cốt-xta Ri-ca
- Costa Rica in Myanmar
- ကော့စတာရီကာ kau.ca.tarika
- Dhivehi
- ކޮސްޓަރީކާ kosṭarīkā
Origin of Costa Rica
Borrowed from Spanish Costa Rica (“rich coast”).
Words formed from Costa Rica
Words that rhyme with Costa Rica
Questions about Costa Rica
- What does Costa Rica mean?
- Costa Rica means a country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Costa Rica.
- What is Costa Rica in Hindi?
- Costa Rica in Hindi is कोस्टा रिका (kosṭā rikā). See Costa Rica meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica is pronounced /ˌkɒs.tə ˈɹiːkə/ (UK).
Words near Costa Rica in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Costa Rica (page history and authors). 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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