Costa Rica

Others just behind Uruguay include Scotland, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Sweden and Morocco.
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It’s still unclear how the company plans to allocate the funds across the dozens of markets, which are Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Australia, Japan, Russia and New Zealand.
Didi to subsidize trips for vaccinations with $10M global fund|Rita Liao|January 22, 2021|TechCrunch
The Costa Rica resort is usually booked a year out, but this online opportunity gives you or your budding surfer friend a front seat to excellent instruction.
36 Awesome Gifts for Adventure Travelers|Mary Turner and Erin Riley|December 11, 2020|Outside Online
For weeks, these male bats in Costa Rica spent evenings rubbing wings and singing upside down.
A face mask may turn up a male wrinkle-faced bat’s sex appeal|Susan Milius|November 24, 2020|Science News

Coffee probably comes to mind when one thinks of drinking in Costa Rica, and there’s a good reason for that.
Everything You Need to Know About Costa Rican Food|Nicholas Gill|November 11, 2020|Eater
President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias laid a calming hand on 1980s El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize|P. J. O’Rourke|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Switzerland, New Zealand, and Costa Rica cannot hold back the New Chaos.
Is Democracy Doomed Abroad?|James Poulos|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Costa Rica, for a host of historical reasons, has always been more stable than its neighbors.
From Texas to Gaza, Reaping What We Sow|Michael Tomasky|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But even the Costa Concordia tragedy has its own subtle racism.
The Racism of Disaster Coverage|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
None of this is to say that the wreck and salvage of the Costa Concordia should have received less attention.
The Racism of Disaster Coverage|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Signer Costa was at the Festival in 1829, and he afterwards appeared on the stage at the Royal.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The underside of the upper wings have the costa and summit covered with spots and minute incontinuous lines of a yellowish colour.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The upper ones have their costa blackish, and a triangular border at their extremity rather dentated on the inside.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The next day the Prince held a general court, and remained eleven days at Villa Rica.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Itapa is the Indian name: the Portuguese termination, Rica, indicates the fertility of the island.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham

British Dictionary definitions for Costa Rica

Costa Rica

/ (ˈkɒstə ˈriːkə) /

noun

a republic in Central America: gained independence from Spain in 1821; mostly mountainous and volcanic, with extensive forests. Official language: Spanish. Official religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: colón. Capital: San José. Pop: 4 695 942 (2013 est). Area: 50 900 sq km (19 652 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Republic in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the south and west. Its capital and largest city is San José.

notes for Costa Rica

One of the most politically stable countries of Latin America; Costa Rica is traditionally very democratic. It has a literacy rate of over ninety percent.