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Nicoya

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[ni-koi-uh, nee-kaw-yah] / nɪˈkɔɪ ə, niˈkɔ jɑ /

noun

  1. Gulf of, an arm of the Pacific Ocean on the NW coast of Costa Rica.


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The two camps agree on four blue zones—Sardinia, Okinawa, Nicoya, and Ikaria—but there are some differences.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024

She and her husband have lived temporarily in New Orleans, San Francisco and three small beach towns on Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, among other mini sabbatical locales.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

The region of Nicoya in Costa Rica—one of those original Blue Zones—appears to no longer be a place where people live longer lives than usual.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2023

In Nicoya, there’s a phrase called “plan de vida” or “life plan,” similar to the French's “raison d’etre”: a purpose, north star or driving force behind a person’s actions and decisions.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023

With two of the vessels built by Balboa, in 1519 Espinosa sent an expedition under Castañeda which reached the Gulf of Nicoya, some five hundred miles from Panamá.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

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