Costa Rica

UK/ˌkɒs.tə ˈɹiːkə/British, Southern, Standard/ˌkɔs.tə ˈɹɪjkə/US/ˌkoʊ.stə ˈɹi.kə/US/ˌkɑ.stə ˈɹi.kə/

proper noun

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

OriginSpanish Costa Rica →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Costa Rica.

    He got to Costa Rica in early November. It has poured rain every day. “Spirits,” he said, “are still high.”

    2020 November 8, Erin Griffith, “The Digital Nomads Did Not Prepare for This”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020
  2. Places in the Philippines:
    1. A barangay of Batuan, Masbate, Philippines.
    2. Several barangays of Almagro, Samar, Philippines.

Origin

  1. SpanishCosta Rica“rich coast”
  2. EnglishCosta Rica

Borrowed from Spanish Costa Rica (“rich coast”).

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Translations

Afrikaans Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Arabic كُوسْتَارِيكَا
  • كُوسْتَارِيكَا (kostarīkā)country
Bengali কোস্টা রিকা
  • কোস্টা রিকা (kōsṭa rika)country
Bulgarian Ко̀ста Ри́ка
  • Ко̀ста Ри́ка (Kòsta Ríka)country
Catalan Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Chinese Mandarin 哥斯達黎加 /哥斯达黎加
  • 哥斯達黎加 /哥斯达黎加 (Gēsīdálíjiā)country
Czech Kostarika
  • Kostarikacountry
Danish Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Dutch Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Esperanto Kostariko
  • Kostarikocountry
Estonian Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Finnish Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
French Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
German Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Greek Κόστα Ρίκα
  • Κόστα Ρίκα (Kósta Ríka)country
Hebrew קוֹסְטָה רִיקָה
  • קוֹסְטָה רִיקָה (kósta ríka)country
Hindi कोस्टा रिका
  • कोस्टा रिका (kosṭā rikā)country
Hungarian Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Icelandic Kosta Ríka, Kostaríka
  • Kosta Ríkacountry
  • Kostaríkacountry
Indonesian Kosta Rika
  • Kosta Rikacountry
Irish Cósta Ríce
  • Cósta Rícecountry
Italian Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Japanese コスタリカ
  • コスタリカ (Kosutarika)country
Korean 코스타리카, 꼬스따리까
  • 코스타리카 (Koseutarika)country
  • 꼬스따리까 (Kkoseuttarikka)country
Latvian Kostarika
  • Kostarikacountry
Lithuanian Kosta Rika
  • Kosta Rikacountry
Malay Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Norwegian Bokmål Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Persian کاستاریکا
  • کاستاریکا (kâstârikâ)country
Polish Kostaryka
  • Kostarykacountry
Portuguese Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Punjabi ਕੋਸਤਾ ਰੀਕਾ
  • ਕੋਸਤਾ ਰੀਕਾ (kostā rīkā)country
Romanian Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Russian Коста-Ри́ка
  • Коста-Ри́ка (Kosta-Ríka)country
Slovak Kostarika
  • Kostarikacountry
Spanish Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Swahili Kostarika
  • Kostarikacountry
Swedish Costa Rica
  • Costa Ricacountry
Tagalog Kosta Rika
  • Kosta Rikacountry
Tamil கோஸ்ட்டா ரிக்கா, கோசுட்டா ரிக்கா
  • கோஸ்ட்டா ரிக்கா (kōsṭṭā rikkā)country
  • கோசுட்டா ரிக்கா (kōcuṭṭā rikkā)country
Thai คอสตาริกา
  • คอสตาริกา (kɔ́s-dtaa-rí-gâa)country
Turkish Kosta Rika
  • Kosta Rikacountry
Ukrainian Коста-Ри́ка
  • Коста-Ри́ка (Kosta-Rýka)country
Urdu کوسٹاریکا
  • کوسٹاریکا (kosṭā rikā)country
Vietnamese Cốt-xta Ri-ca
  • Cốt-xta Ri-cacountry
Yiddish קאָסטאַ ריקאַ
  • קאָסטאַ ריקאַ (kosta rika)country

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Costa Rica

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Cite this entry
APA

Costa Rica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costa%20Rica

MLA

“Costa Rica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costa%20Rica. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Costa Rica,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costa%20Rica.

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