Definition of Costa rican

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Costa Rica or its people. "Our Costa Rican neighbors"

Partainyms: Costa Rica
Derivative terms: Costa Rica

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Costa Rica.
Group relationships: Costa Rica, Republic Of Costa Rica
Generic synonyms: Central American

Definition of Costa rican

1. Noun. A person from Costa Rica or of Costa Rican descent. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Costa Rica. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Costa Rica. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Costa Rican

Cos
Cosa Nostra
Cosby
Cosenza
Cosimo de Medici
Cosimo the Elder
Cosmo
Cosmocampus
Cosmocampus profundus
Cossacks
Costa Brava
Costa Daurada
Costa Mesa
Costa Rica
Costa Rican
Costa Rican colon
Costa Rican monetary unit
Costa Ricans
Costa del Sol
Costanoan
Costanoans
Costello
Costen
Costen's syndrome
Costia necatrix
Costner
Cotacachi
Cotard
Cotard's syndrome

Literary usage of Costa rican

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... but I have seen several in the Park.—NATHAN F. LEOPOLD, JR., 4754 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, III. Items Relative to Some costa rican Birds. ..."

2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"Early in the morning on September 6, North learned that a costa rican official was threatening to hold a press conference announcing the existence of the ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"... on vessels of the United States, than those payable in tbe same porte by Costa Rican vessels ; nor in any of the ports of the United States on Costa ..."

4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1908)
"ADDED TO THE costa rican ORNIS. BY OUTRAM BANGS. With a collection of birds made in another part of Costa Rica that will be reported upon later, ..."

5. Caribbean Basin Financing Opportunities: Guide to Financing Trade (1992)
"The exchange is a private institution, held percent by the private sector and 40 percent by the costa rican Government (CODESA), with the remaining 14 ..."

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