name
Meaning 1
A surname from the Romance languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
costa
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.stə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈkɑ.stə/
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rhymes with -ɒstə
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CMU ARPABET: K AO1 S T AA0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Italian.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Galician.
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from French.
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name
Meaning 5
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from French.
A surname from Occitan.
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name
Meaning 6
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Spanish.
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name
Meaning 7
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Spanish.
A Catalonian surname from Catalan.
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name
Meaning 8
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Portuguese.
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name
Meaning 9
The Spanish coast as a holiday or retirement destination, especially resort areas such as the Costa Blanca, Costa Brava and the Costa del Sol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 10
Synonym of rib.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: rib
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noun
Meaning 11
A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 12
A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
The vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, entomology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 13
any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rib
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Broader terms: bone, os
Narrower terms: true rib
noun
Meaning 14
a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
History
Etymology
From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).
Unadapted borrowing from Latin costa (“a rib”). Doublet of coast.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: Costa — Translations
- Chinese Mandarin: 科斯塔 (Kēsītǎ) — Translations
- French: Costa — Translations
- Galician: Costa — Translations
- Italian: Costa — Translations
- Occitan: Costa — Translations
- Portuguese: Costa — Translations
- Spanish: Costa — Translations
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