COSTA RICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Costa Rica mean? 

• COSTA RICA (noun)
  The noun COSTA RICA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America. In Spanish, Costa Rica means Rich Coast (Costa means Coast, Rica means Rich)

  Familiarity information: COSTA RICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COSTA RICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America. In Spanish, Costa Rica means Rich Coast (Costa means Coast, Rica means Rich)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Costa Rica; Republic of Costa Rica

Instance hypernyms:

Central American country; Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)

Meronyms (parts of "Costa Rica"):

capital of Costa Rica; San Jose (the capital and largest city of Costa Rica)

Meronyms (members of "Costa Rica"):

Costa Rican (a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica)

Holonyms ("Costa Rica" is a part of...):

Central America (the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia)

Holonyms ("Costa Rica" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

Derivation:

Costa Rican (of or relating to Costa Rica or its people)

 Context examples 

The Cambridge researchers, working with colleagues in Costa Rica and Japan, used high-quality layers of PST with metallic electrodes sandwiched in between.

(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)

Continental North America south of Mexico that is usually considered to comprise the present day countries of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

(Mesoamerica, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

Denotes a person from the area inbetween north and south America including persons from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Panama Canal zone.

(Central American, NCI Thesaurus)

The WHO resolution is sponsored by Costa Rica and Colombia and co-sponsored by 25 other countries.

(Snakebite resolution set for Health Assembly approval, SciDev.Net)

Rare species tend to cluster in a handful of hotspots, such as the Northern Andes in South America, Costa Rica, South Africa, Madagascar and Southeast Asia.

(Nearly 40% of plant species are very rare, and vulnerable to climate change, National Science Foundation)

Another heading was “Argentine,” another “Costa Rica,” and another “San Paulo,” each with pages of signs and figures after it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.

(Nicaragua, NCI Thesaurus)

Nearly two miles deep in the Pacific Ocean and 100 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, scientists on two oceanographic cruises used subsea vehicles to explore the Dorado Outcrop, a rocky patch of seafloor formed of cooled and hardened lava from an underwater volcano.

(Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea, National Science Foundation)