Costa

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Costa. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Costa, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Costa in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Costa you have here. The definition of the word Costa will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofCosta, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: costa, cósta, costá, costà, costâ, and cô ta

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Romance (from Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa.

Proper noun

Costa (plural Costas)

  1. A surname from the Romance languages.
    1. A surname from Italian.
    2. A surname from Galician.
    3. A surname from French.
      1. A surname from Occitan.
    4. A surname from Spanish.
      1. A Catalonian surname from Catalan.
    5. A surname from Portuguese.

Translations

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Costa is the 904th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38265 individuals. Costa is most common among White (83.16%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.25%) individuals.

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Costa, from Latin costa.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Costa m or f by sense

  1. a Languedoc surname, Costa, from Occitan, equivalent to the French Côté

Descendants

  • → English: Costa

Galician

Etymology

From costa (“slope”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Costa f

  1. name of a large number of hamlets and villages all along Galicia
  2. a toponymical surname, Costa

Descendants

References

  • “Costa” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Costa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Costa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Italian

Etymology

From Latin costa.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Costa m or f by sense

  1. a toponymic surname

Descendants

Anagrams

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin costa.

Proper noun

Costa

  1. a toponymic surname, Costa

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From costa (“coast”), from Old Galician-Portuguese costa, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Costa m or f by sense

  1. a toponymic surname, Costa

Descendants

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Romance (from Galician Costa, Occitan Costa, Catalan Costa), from Latin costa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkosta/
  • Rhymes: -osta
  • Syllabification: Cos‧ta

Proper noun

Costa m or f by sense

  1. a non-Castilian surname, Costa, from the Romance languages, equivalent to the Spanish Cuesta
    1. a surname from Occitan
    2. a Catalonian surname from Catalan
    3. a surname from Galician

Descendants

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia