Advertisement
Advertisement
Costa Rica
[ kos-tuh ree-kuh, kaw-stuh, koh-; Spanish kaws-tah ree-kah ]
noun
- a republic in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua. 19,238 sq. mi. (49,825 sq. km). : San José.
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)
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
Other Words From
- Costa Rican noun
Example Sentences
Others just behind Uruguay include Scotland, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Sweden and Morocco.
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.
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.
For weeks, these male bats in Costa Rica spent evenings rubbing wings and singing upside down.
Coffee probably comes to mind when one thinks of drinking in Costa Rica, and there’s a good reason for that.
But Switzerland, New Zealand, and Costa Rica cannot hold back the New Chaos.
And Costa Rica, for a host of historical reasons, has always been more stable than its neighbors.
Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Belize are all seeing an increase in Central Americans seeking asylum as well.
For most of this year, Costa Rica has been ranked by FIFA in the low 30s.
Voting with the United States and Europe were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and South Korea.
Examination of 18 specimens from Costa Rica shows no differences in scutellation, nor geographic segregation of two populations.
Similar variation is known in D. melanolomus alternatus in Costa Rica, where some individuals have orange-red venters.
In Costa Rica many of the natives live in small huts built of plaited rushes.
It does not appear that there was in Costa Rica at that time any town of such name or size.
In 1878 Mr. Oversluys, one of our trustiest and most experienced collectors, was despatched to Costa Rica.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse