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Costa
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costa cósta costá costà costâ cô ta
English
Alternative forms
en Costas Dacosta DaCosta daCosta da Costa Da Costa dalla Costa Dalla Costa dallaCosta DallaCosta Dallacosta
Etymology
From pan-en roa Costa coast en pt Costa, en gl Costa, en es Costa, en ca Costa, en oc Costa, en fr Costa, en it Costa, from en la costa rib; side.
Proper noun
s
en Romance languages.
en 2016 Michael Costa: England's First Conductor John Goulden 1317096916 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.
en Italian.
en Queer Pulp Susan Stryker 2001 82 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.
en Galician.
en French.
en Occitan.
en Spanish.
en Catalan Catalonian.
en Portuguese.
en 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.
en 2013-02-28 Patricia Scanlan With All My Love Simon and Schuster 9781471110795 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.
Derived terms
en Costa hummingbird
Translations
Catalan: ca Costa
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 科斯塔 Kēsītǎ
French: fr Costa
Galician: gl Costa
Italian: it Costa
Occitan: oc Costa
Portuguese: pt Costa
Spanish: es Costa
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Costa is the 904th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38265 individuals. Costa is most common among White (83.16%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.25%) individuals.
See also
en Costa Blanca Costa Verde Acosta Dacosta
Further reading
en Costa (surname)
Anagrams
en acost Ascot Casto Coast Coats Cotas Sacto ascot catso coast coats octas scato- tacos
en Nicknames for places Nicknames for countries
French
Etymology
fr oc Costa, from fr la costa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
fr Occitan Languedoc Costa, equivalent to the French fr Côté
Descendants
en Costa 1
Galician
Etymology
From gl costa slope.
Pronunciation
gl /ˈkɔsta̝/
Proper noun
f
name of a large number of hamlets and villages all along Galicia
gl toponymical Costa
Related terms
gl Acosta Dacosta
Descendants
en Costa
es Costa
References
Italian
Etymology
From it la costa.
Pronunciation
Còsta
Proper noun
mfbysense
it toponymic
Descendants
en Costa
Further reading
costa
Anagrams
it acost Tasco casto scato- scota tosca
Occitan
Etymology
From oc la costa.
Proper noun
oc proper noun
oc toponymic Costa
Descendants
en Costa
fr Costa
es Costa
Portuguese
Etymology
From pt costa coast, from pt roa-opt costa, from pt la costa rib, side.
Pronunciation
Cósta
pt costa
pt Cos ta
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt toponymic Costa
Descendants
en Costa
See also
pt da Costa Da Costa Dacosta
Spanish
Etymology
es roa Costa from es gl Costa, es oc Costa, es ca Costa, from es la costa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es Romance languages non-Castilian Costa, equivalent to the Spanish es Cuesta
es Occitan
es Catalan Catalonian
es Galician
Descendants
en Costa
See also
es Acosta Dacosta