Meanings
nounCosta Rican (plural Costa Ricans)
plural Costa Ricans
- A person from Costa Rica or of Costa Rican descent.
adjectiveCosta Rican (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Costa Rica.
His dialect was distinctly Costa Rican.
1 more example
Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica are the remains of Danish slave ships missing for centuries — a finding that restores the ancestral lineage of an entire Costa Rican community more than 300 years after the vessels’ occupants reached its shores.
2025 May 2, Amarachi Orie, “Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 May 2025
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian костариканец, костариканка
- костариканец (kostarikanec)person from Costa Rica
- костариканка (kostarikanka)person from Costa Rica
- костариканци (kostarikanci)person from Costa Rica
Catalan costa-riqueny, costa-riquenya
- costa-riquenyperson from Costa Rica
- costa-riquenyaperson from Costa Rica
- costa-riquenypertaining to Costa Rica
Czech Kostaričan, kostarický
- Kostaričanperson from Costa Rica
- kostarickýpertaining to Costa Rica
Dutch Costa Ricaan, Costa Ricaanse
- Costa Ricaanperson from Costa Rica
- Costa Ricaanseperson from Costa Rica
- Costa Ricaanspertaining to Costa Rica
Esperanto kostarikano
- kostarikanoperson from Costa Rica
Finnish costaricalainen, costaricalainen
- costaricalainenperson from Costa Rica
- costaricalainenpertaining to Costa Rica
French Costaricien, Costaricienne
- Costaricienperson from Costa Rica
- Costaricienneperson from Costa Rica
German Costa-Ricaner, Costa-Ricanerin
- Costa-Ricanerperson from Costa Rica
- Costa-Ricanerinperson from Costa Rica
- costa-ricanischpertaining to Costa Rica
Greek Κοσταρικανός, Κοσταρικανή
- Κοσταρικανός (Kostarikanós)person from Costa Rica
- Κοσταρικανή (Kostarikaní)person from Costa Rica
Hungarian Costa Rica-i
- Costa Rica-ipertaining to Costa Rica
Irish Cósta Ríceach, Cósta Ríceach
- Cósta Ríceachperson from Costa Rica
- Cósta Ríceachpertaining to Costa Rica
Norwegian Bokmål costaricaner, kostarikaner
- costaricanerperson from Costa Rica
- kostarikanerperson from Costa Rica
- costaricanskpertaining to Costa Rica
- kostarikanskpertaining to Costa Rica
Polish Kostarykanin, Kostarykanka
- Kostarykaninperson from Costa Rica
- Kostarykankaperson from Costa Rica
- kostarykańskipertaining to Costa Rica
Portuguese costa-riquenho, costa-riquense
- costa-riquenhoperson from Costa Rica
- costa-riquenseperson from Costa Rica
- costa-riquenhopertaining to Costa Rica
- costa-riquensepertaining to Costa Rica
Romanian costarican, costaricană
- costaricanperson from Costa Rica
- costaricanăperson from Costa Rica
- costaricanpertaining to Costa Rica
Russian костарика́нец, костарика́нка
- костарика́нец (kostarikánec)person from Costa Rica
- костарика́нка (kostarikánka)person from Costa Rica
- коста-рика́нец (kosta-rikánec)person from Costa Rica
- коста-рика́нка (kosta-rikánka)person from Costa Rica
- костарика́нский (kostarikánskij)pertaining to Costa Rica
- коста-рика́нский (kosta-rikánskij)pertaining to Costa Rica
Spanish costarricense, costarriqueño
- costarricenseperson from Costa Rica
- costarriqueñoperson from Costa Rica
- ticoperson from Costa Rica
- costarricensepertaining to Costa Rica
- costarriqueñopertaining to Costa Rica
- ticopertaining to Costa Rica
Swahili Mkostarika, Kikostarika
- Mkostarikaperson from Costa Rica
- Kikostarikapertaining to Costa Rica
Swedish costaricansk
- costaricanskpertaining to Costa Rica
Turkish Kosta Rikalı
- Kosta Rikalıperson from Costa Rica
Yiddish קאָסטאַריקאַנער, קאָסטאַריקאַנערין
- קאָסטאַריקאַנער (kostarikaner)person from Costa Rica
- קאָסטאַריקאַנערין (kostarikanerin)person from Costa Rica
Cite this entry
APA
Costa Rican. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costa%20Rican
MLA
“Costa Rican.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costa%20Rican. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Costa Rican,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Costa%20Rican.
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