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

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

He landed somewhere on the Gulf of Nicoya, near which he entered the country of a powerful chief, after whom the gulf was named.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas