adj
Meaning 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Costa Rica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He has a home in the Costa Rican hills.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Costa Rican
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Costa Rica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- His dialect was distinctly Costa Rican.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person from Costa Rica or of Costa Rican descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to Costa Rica or its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Costa Rican rain forest
- our Costa Rican neighbors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Central American
History
Etymology
From Costa Rica + -an.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: costarricanu — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Catalan: costa-riqueny — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Czech: kostarický — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Dutch: Costa Ricaans — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Galician: costarriqueño — pertaining to Costa Rica
- German: costa-ricanisch — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Hungarian: Costa Rica-i — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Irish: Cósta Ríceach — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Norwegian Bokmål: costaricansk — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Norwegian Bokmål: kostarikansk — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Norwegian Nynorsk: costaricansk — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kostarikansk — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Polish: kostarykański — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Portuguese: costa-riquenho — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Portuguese: costa-riquense — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Romanian: costarican — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Russian: костарика́нский (kostarikánskij) — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Russian: коста-рика́нский (kosta-rikánskij) — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Spanish: costarricense — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Spanish: costarriqueño — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Spanish: tico — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Swahili: Kikostarika — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Swedish: costaricansk — pertaining to Costa Rica
- Asturian: costarricanu — person from Costa Rica
- Asturian: costarricana — person from Costa Rica
- Azerbaijani: kostarikalı — person from Costa Rica
- Bulgarian: костариканец (kostarikanec) — person from Costa Rica
- Bulgarian: костариканка (kostarikanka) — person from Costa Rica
- Bulgarian: костариканци (kostarikanci) — person from Costa Rica
- Catalan: costa-riqueny — person from Costa Rica
- Catalan: costa-riquenya — person from Costa Rica
- Czech: Kostaričan — person from Costa Rica
- Dutch: Costa Ricaan — person from Costa Rica
- Dutch: Costa Ricaanse — person from Costa Rica
- Esperanto: kostarikano — person from Costa Rica
- French: Costaricien — person from Costa Rica
- French: Costaricienne — person from Costa Rica
- Galician: costarriqueño — person from Costa Rica
- Georgian: კოსტარიკელი (ḳosṭariḳeli) — person from Costa Rica
- German: Costa-Ricaner — person from Costa Rica
- German: Costa-Ricanerin — person from Costa Rica
- Greek: Κοσταρικανός (Kostarikanós) — person from Costa Rica
- Greek: Κοσταρικανή (Kostarikaní) — person from Costa Rica
- Irish: Cósta Ríceach — person from Costa Rica
- Norwegian Bokmål: costaricaner — person from Costa Rica
- Norwegian Bokmål: kostarikaner — person from Costa Rica
- Norwegian Nynorsk: costarican — person from Costa Rica
- Norwegian Nynorsk: costaricanar — person from Costa Rica
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kostarikan — person from Costa Rica
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kostarikanar — person from Costa Rica
- Polish: Kostarykanin — person from Costa Rica
- Polish: Kostarykanka — person from Costa Rica
- Portuguese: costa-riquenho — person from Costa Rica
- Portuguese: costa-riquense — person from Costa Rica
- Romanian: costarican — person from Costa Rica
- Romanian: costaricană — person from Costa Rica
- Russian: костарика́нец (kostarikánec) — person from Costa Rica
- Russian: костарика́нка (kostarikánka) — person from Costa Rica
- Russian: коста-рика́нец (kosta-rikánec) — person from Costa Rica
- Russian: коста-рика́нка (kosta-rikánka) — person from Costa Rica
- Serbo-Croatian: Kostarikanac — person from Costa Rica
- Serbo-Croatian: Kostarikanka — person from Costa Rica
- Spanish: costarricense — person from Costa Rica
- Spanish: costarriqueño — person from Costa Rica
- Spanish: tico — person from Costa Rica
- Swahili: Mkostarika — person from Costa Rica
- Turkish: Kosta Rikalı — person from Costa Rica
- Yiddish: קאָסטאַריקאַנער (kostarikaner) — person from Costa Rica
- Yiddish: קאָסטאַריקאַנערין (kostarikanerin) — person from Costa Rica