costa

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒ.stə/
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/ˈkɒ.stə/ · /ˈkɑ.stə/

Definition of costa

11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Synonym of rib.
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noun

  1. Synonym of rib.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

name

  1. A surname from the Romance languages.
    “Although Costa retained his contacts with the royal family, Gye was able to develop his own close relationship with the operaphile Prince of Wales, for whose mistress Pauline Lucca he occasionally rescheduled the programme.”
  2. A surname from the Romance languages.
    “Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.”
  3. A surname from the Romance languages.
  4. A surname from the Romance languages.
  5. A surname from the Romance languages.
  6. A surname from the Romance languages.
  7. A surname from the Romance languages.
  8. A surname from the Romance languages.

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin costa (“a rib”). Doublet of coast.

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