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Nicoya Peninsula

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

noun

  1. a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.


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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 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

Dozens of surfboards bobbed on the Pacific waves rolling in as the sun came down on yet another perfectly clear, piping-hot day in the Nicoya Peninsula beach town Nosara.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2016

Other COCONet stations dot Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, one of the few places on land that lie directly above a subduction zone.

From Nature ● May 22, 2013

A new bridge to the Nicoya Peninsula from the Costa Rican mainland, plus a brand-new airport in Liberia, have already brought better access to the region.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2012

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