Definition of Costa Rica

1. Noun. A republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America.

Exact synonyms: Republic Of Costa Rica
Group relationships: Oas, Organization Of American States
Generic synonyms: Central American Country, Central American Nation
Group relationships: Central America
Terms within: Capital Of Costa Rica, San Jose
Member holonyms: Costa Rican
Derivative terms: Costa Rican

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Costa Rica

costal surface
costal surface of lung
costal surface of scapula
costal tuberosity
costamere
Costanoan
costar
costard
costards
costarred
costarring
costars
costate
costated
costa cervicalis
Costa Rica (current term)
Costa Rican
Costa Rican colon
Costa Rican monetary unit
coste
costean
costeaned
costeans
costectomy
costed
Costen
Costen's syndrome
coster
costermonger
costermongers

Literary usage of Costa Rica

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1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"The dispute was finally given The largest sources of income are the export were ordered to Costa Rica to protect American items of expenditures are finance, ..."

2. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With by Clara Egli Le Gear, Philip Lee Phillips, Library of Congress Map Division (1920)
"Costa Rica. Costa Rica-Panama arbitration. Maps annexed to the answer of Costa Rica to ... Carte de la ligne frontière entre le Costa Rica et la Colombie. ..."

3. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"Costa Rica further claimed that the rights of commerce and navigation mutually granted by the Republics of Central America for the period of ten years under ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"North American Bird Notes from Costa Rica.— Tringa bairdi.— Two specimens of Baird's Sandpiper were taken and a number of others seen June 8 on the Volcano ..."

5. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Costa Rica, Colonization for the Development of its Rich Mines. London, nd Costa Rica Company, for the Atlantic and Pacific, by road or railway, n.pl., ..."

6. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1902)
"Costa Rica. Exposition submitted by the Cosía Bican Boundary Commission to Hon. ... Exposé des droite territoriaux de la lie- publique de Costa-Rica, pp. ..."

7. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"Birds Brit. Mus., xiv, 1888, 132, synonymy, part. "Eleven specimens. Averages of Panama specimens compared with those from Costa Rica and Nicaragua aro as ..."

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