Costa
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Costas, Dacosta, DaCosta, daCosta, da Costa, Da Costa, dalla Costa, Dalla Costa, dallaCosta, DallaCosta, Dallacosta
Etymology edit
From Romance (from Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa.
Proper noun edit
Costa (plural Costas)
- A surname from the Romance languages.
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Translations
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
Further reading edit
- Costa (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Occitan Costa, from Latin costa.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Costa m or f by sense
Descendants edit
- → English: Costa
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From costa (“slope”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Costa f
Related terms edit
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References edit
- “Costa” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Costa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Costa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Costa m or f by sense
- a toponymic surname
Descendants edit
- English: Costa
Anagrams edit
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Costa
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From costa (“coast”), from Old Galician-Portuguese costa, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Costa m or f by sense
Descendants edit
- English: Costa
See also edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Romance (from Galician Costa, Occitan Costa, Catalan Costa), from Latin costa.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Costa m or f by sense
Descendants edit
- English: Costa