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

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

In one study in Nicoya, the longevity effect did not apply to residents who had migrated there, which highlights the "importance of the environment, relative to genetics," according to the study.

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

While lying in the gulf of Nicoya, his chief mate, John Clipperton, mutinied, and, seizing his tender, with its ammunition and stores, put out to sea.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter