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Definition of Costa rica
1. Noun. A republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America.
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
Definition of Costa rica
1. Proper noun. A country in Central America; Official name: Republic of Costa Rica. Capital San José. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Costa Rica
Literary usage of Costa rica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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