Nicoya

American  

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

noun

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

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Example Sentences

But two places did make the cut: the peninsula of Nicoya in Costa Rica in 2007, and the island of Ikaria in Greece in 2008.

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

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

In front of him, across the glittering Pacific, was the hazy outline of the Nicoya Peninsula, where celebrities including Mel Gibson, Matt Damon and Tom Brady have vacationed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

Coasting along to the N.W. we passed the gulfs of Dulce and Nicoya, and the Isla del Cano, the land along the coast being low and covered with wood, but almost destitute of inhabitants.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Kerr, Robert