Costa Rica

English

Etymology

From Spanish Costa Rica (“rich coast”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒs.tə ˈɹiː.kə/
• (US) enPR: kōstə rēkə; IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊ.stə ˈɹi.kə/, /ˌkɑ.stə ˈɹi.kə/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Costa Rica.

Derived terms

• Costa Rican (adjective)
• CRI

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Costa Rica
• Albanian: Kostarikë f, Kostarika f (definite)
• Amharic: ኮስታ ሪካ (kosta rika)
• Arabic: كُوسْتَارِيكَا‎ f (kostarīkā)
• Armenian: Կոստա Ռիկա (hy) (Kosta Ṙika)
• Azerbaijani: Kosta-Rika (az)
• Belarusian: Коста-Ры́ка f (Kosta-Rýka)
• Bengali: কোস্টা রিকা (bn) (kōsṭa rika)
• Breton: Costa Rica f, Kosta Rika f
• Bulgarian: Коста Ри́ка f (Kosta Ríka)
• Burmese: ကော့စတာရီကာ (kau.ca.tarika)
• Catalan: Costa Rica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哥斯達黎加／哥斯达黎加 (zh) (Gēsīdálíjiā)

• Corsican: Costa Rica f, Costarica f
• Czech: Kostarika (cs) f
• Danish: Costa Rica (da) n
• Dhivehi: ކޮސްޓަރީކާ‎ (kosṭarīkā)
• Dutch: Costa Rica (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kostariko (eo)
• Estonian: Costa Rica (et)
• Faroese: Kosta Rika n
• Finnish: Costa Rica (fi)
• French: Costa Rica (fr) m
• Galician: Costa Rica (gl) f
• Georgian: კოსტა-რიკა (ḳosṭa-riḳa)
• German: Costa Rica (de) n
• Greek: Κόστα Ρίκα (el) f (Kósta Ríka)
• Gujarati: કોસ્ટા રિકા (kosṭā rikā)
• Hebrew: קוֹסְטָה רִיקָה‎ (he) f (kósta ríka)
• Hindi: कोस्टा रिका (hi) m (kosṭā rikā)
• Hungarian: Costa Rica (hu)
• Icelandic: Kosta Ríka (is) f, Kostaríka f
• Indonesian: Kosta Rika (id)
• Interlingua: Costa Rica
• Irish: Cósta Ríce m
• Italian: Costa Rica f
• Japanese: コスタリカ (ja) (Kosutarika)
• Kannada: ಕೋಸ್ಟಾ ರಿಕ (kn) (kōsṭā rika)
• Kazakh: Коста-Рика (kk) (Kosta-Rika)
• Khmer: កូស្តារីកា (km) (koustaariikaa)
• Korean: 코스타리카 (ko) (Koseutarika), 꼬스따리까 (ko) (Kkoseuttarikka) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kosta Rîka (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Коста-Рика (ky) (Kosta-Rika)
• Lao: ກົດສະຕາລິກາ (kot sa tā li kā)
• Latvian: Kostarika (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Kosta Rika (lt) f
• Macedonian: Костари́ка f (Kostaríka)
• Malay: Costa Rica
• Malayalam: കോസ്റ്റ റീക്ക (kōsṟṟa ṟīkka)
• Maltese: Kosta Rika f
• Marathi: कोस्टा रिका (kosṭā rikā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Коста-Рика (mn) (Kosta-Rika)

• Nepali: कोस्टारिका (kosṭārikā)
• Norman: Costa Rica
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Costa Rica (no) n

• Pashto: کوستاريکا‎ f (kostārikā), کوسټاریکا‎ f (kosṭārikā)
• Persian: کاستاریکا‎ (kâstârikâ)
• Polish: Kostaryka (pl)
• Portuguese: Costa Rica (pt)
• Romanian: Costa Rica (ro) f
• Russian: Коста-Ри́ка (ru) f (Kosta-Ríka)
• Sardinian: Costa Rica f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Коста̀рика f

  Roman: Kostàrika (sh) f

• Sinhalese: කෝස්ට රිකා (kōsṭa rikā)
• Slovak: Kostarika f
• Slovene: Kostarika (sl) f
• Spanish: Costa Rica (es) f
• Swahili: Kostarika (sw)
• Swedish: Costa Rica (sv) n
• Tagalog: Kosta Rika
• Tajik: Коста Рика (Kosta Rika)
• Tamil: கோஸ்ட்டா ரிக்கா (kōsṭṭā rikkā)
• Tatar: Коста-Рика (Qosta-Rika)
• Telugu: కోస్టారీకా (te) (kōsṭārīkā)
• Thai: คอสตาริกา (th) (kɔ́s-dtaa-rí-gâa)
• Tibetan: ཁོ་ས་ཏ་རི་ཁ (kho sa ta ri kha)
• Turkish: Kosta Rika (tr)
• Turkmen: Kosta-Rika
• Ukrainian: Коста-Ри́ка (uk) f (Kosta-Rýka)
• Urdu: کوسٹاریکا‎ m (kosṭā rikā)
• Uyghur: كوستارىكا‎ (kostarika)
• Uzbek: Kosta-Rika f
• Vietnamese: Cốt-xta Ri-ca
• West Frisian: Kosta Rika n
• Yiddish: קאָסטאַ ריקאַ‎ (kosta rika)
• Yoruba: Kuusita Ríkà

See also

• (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Anagrams

• acroatics

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kostaˈɾika/, [kos̪.t̪aˈɾi.ka]

Proper noun

Costa Rica f

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Costa Rica.

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Alternative forms

• Kosta Rika

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔs.təˈri.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔs.taˈri.ka/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Costa Rica f

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• costa-riqueny

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Costa Rica

1. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Costa Rica

1. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Danish

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Costa Rica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔs.taː ˈri.kaː/

• audio

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Proper noun

Costa Rica n

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• Costa Ricaan

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Costa Rica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkostɑ ˈrikɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠tɑ̝ ˈrikɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkostɑˌrikɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠tɑ̝ˌrikɑ̝]

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Declension

Inflection of Costa Rica (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Costa Rica	—
genitive		Costa Rican	—
partitive		Costa Ricaa	—
illative		Costa Ricaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Costa Rica	—
accusative	nom.	Costa Rica	—
	gen.	Costa Rican
genitive		Costa Rican	—
partitive		Costa Ricaa	—
inessive		Costa Ricassa	—
elative		Costa Ricasta	—
illative		Costa Ricaan	—
adessive		Costa Ricalla	—
ablative		Costa Ricalta	—
allative		Costa Ricalle	—
essive		Costa Ricana	—
translative		Costa Ricaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Costa Ricatta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Costa Rica (type kala)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Costa Ricani — accusative nom. Costa Ricani — gen. Costa Ricani genitive Costa Ricani — partitive Costa Ricaani — inessive Costa Ricassani — elative Costa Ricastani — illative Costa Ricaani — adessive Costa Ricallani — ablative Costa Ricaltani — allative Costa Ricalleni — essive Costa Ricanani — translative Costa Ricakseni — instructive — — abessive Costa Ricattani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Costa Ricasi — accusative nom. Costa Ricasi — gen. Costa Ricasi genitive Costa Ricasi — partitive Costa Ricaasi — inessive Costa Ricassasi — elative Costa Ricastasi — illative Costa Ricaasi — adessive Costa Ricallasi — ablative Costa Ricaltasi — allative Costa Ricallesi — essive Costa Ricanasi — translative Costa Ricaksesi — instructive — — abessive Costa Ricattasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Costa Ricamme — accusative nom. Costa Ricamme — gen. Costa Ricamme genitive Costa Ricamme — partitive Costa Ricaamme — inessive Costa Ricassamme — elative Costa Ricastamme — illative Costa Ricaamme — adessive Costa Ricallamme — ablative Costa Ricaltamme — allative Costa Ricallemme — essive Costa Ricanamme — translative Costa Ricaksemme — instructive — — abessive Costa Ricattamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Costa Ricanne — accusative nom. Costa Ricanne — gen. Costa Ricanne genitive Costa Ricanne — partitive Costa Ricaanne — inessive Costa Ricassanne — elative Costa Ricastanne — illative Costa Ricaanne — adessive Costa Ricallanne — ablative Costa Ricaltanne — allative Costa Ricallenne — essive Costa Ricananne — translative Costa Ricaksenne — instructive — — abessive Costa Ricattanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Costa Ricansa — accusative nom. Costa Ricansa — gen. Costa Ricansa genitive Costa Ricansa — partitive Costa Ricaansa — inessive Costa Ricassaan Costa Ricassansa — elative Costa Ricastaan Costa Ricastansa — illative Costa Ricaansa — adessive Costa Ricallaan Costa Ricallansa — ablative Costa Ricaltaan Costa Ricaltansa — allative Costa Ricalleen Costa Ricallensa — essive Costa Ricanaan Costa Ricanansa — translative Costa Ricakseen Costa Ricaksensa — instructive — — abessive Costa Ricattaan Costa Ricattansa — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔs.ta ʁi.ka/

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Proper noun

Costa Rica m

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Galician

Proper noun

Costa Rica f

1. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• costarriqueño

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Costa Rica n (proper noun, genitive Costa Ricas or (optionally with an article) Costa Rica)

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Costa Rica [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Costa Rica
genitive	des	Costa Ricas, Costa Rica1
dative	dem	Costa Rica
accusative	das	Costa Rica

¹Optionally with an article.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkostɒrikɒ]
• Hyphenation: Cos‧ta Ri‧ca
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Costa Rica	—
accusative	Costa Ricát	—
dative	Costa Ricának	—
instrumental	Costa Ricával	—
causal-final	Costa Ricáért	—
translative	Costa Ricává	—
terminative	Costa Ricáig	—
essive-formal	Costa Ricaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Costa Ricában	—
superessive	Costa Ricán	—
adessive	Costa Ricánál	—
illative	Costa Ricába	—
sublative	Costa Ricára	—
allative	Costa Ricához	—
elative	Costa Ricából	—
delative	Costa Ricáról	—
ablative	Costa Ricától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Costa Ricáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Costa Ricáéi	—

Possessive forms of Costa Rica
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Costa Ricám	—
2nd person sing.	Costa Ricád	—
3rd person sing.	Costa Ricája	—
1st person plural	Costa Ricánk	—
2nd person plural	Costa Ricátok	—
3rd person plural	Costa Ricájuk	—

Derived terms

• Costa Rica-i

Interlingua

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Costa Rica.

Proper noun

Costa Rica f

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• costaricano

Anagrams

• accorasti, cascatori, raccostai, riaccosta, ricascato, scaricato, scorciata, socratica, stracocia

Livonian

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. (geography) Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

   San José um Costa Rica pǟjālgab — San José is Coasta Rica's capital

Declension

Declension of Costa Rica

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	Costa Rica	–
genitive (genitīv)	Costa Rica	–
partitive (partitīv)	Costa Rica	–
dative (datīv)	Costa Rican	–
instrumental (instrumentāl)	Costa Ricaks	–
illative (illatīv)	Costa Ricaz Costa Rica	–
inessive (inesīv)	Costa Ricas	–
elative (elatīv)	Costa Ricast	–

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• costaricaner
• costaricansk
• kostarikaner
• kostarikansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• costarican, costaricanar
• costaricansk
• kostarikan, kostarikanar
• kostarikansk

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tɐ ˈʁi.kɐ/ [ˈkɔs.tɐ ˈhi.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tɐ ˈʁi.kɐ/ [ˈkɔs.tɐ ˈhi.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐ ˈʁi.kɐ/ [ˈkɔʃ.tɐ ˈχi.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.ta ˈʁi.ka/ [ˈkɔs.ta ˈhi.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐ ˈʁi.kɐ/

Proper noun

Costa Rica f

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• costa-ricense
• costa-riquenho
• costa-riquense

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Costa Rica

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkosta ˈrika/ [ˌkos.t̪a ˈri.ka]

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: Cos‧ta Ri‧ca

Proper noun

Costa Rica f

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)

   Synonym: (Costa Rica, colloquial) Ticolandia

Derived terms

• costarricense
• costarriqueño

 

See also

• tico

Swedish

Proper noun

Costa Rica n (genitive Costa Ricas)

2. Costa Rica (a country in Central America)