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Papagayo

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[pah-puh-gahy-oh, pah-pah-gah-yaw] / ˌpɑ pəˈgaɪ oʊ, ˌpɑ pɑˈgɑ jɔ /

noun

  1. Gulf of, an inlet of the Pacific, on the NW coast of Costa Rica. 15 miles (25 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.

  2. a violent northerly wind occurring along the W coast of Central America, especially on the Gulf of Papagayo.


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Mr Slater, had been to the NRG music festival with friends at the Papagayo nightclub in the resort of Playa de las Americas, on 16 June last year.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

Tropical wonderland: Costa Rica Sloths outnumber guests at Kasiiya, composed of just nine canvas-style tents on 123 tropical acres of Costa Rica’s Papagayo Peninsula.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022

The Occidental Grand Papagayo is an all-inclusive resort, but the women did not feel they could indulge in the buffets.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2018

When: Tonight May 1, 2006 7pm - 10pm *Free Where: Papagayo - 1002 North Coast Hwy 101 - Leucadia, Ca.

From Time Magazine Archive

Papagayo had a bag of grass-cloth and bits of cane, from which protruded strips of leather and scarlet broadcloth.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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