Costa
proper nouncommon in dialogue
A surname from the Romance languages.
proper noun
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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.
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A surname from the Romance languages. 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.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Galician.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from French.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from French. A surname from Occitan.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Spanish.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Spanish. A Catalonian surname from Catalan.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Portuguese.
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informalThe 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.
Etymology
From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).
Forms
- plural
- Costas