Costa

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Costa may refer to:

Biology

• Rib (Latin: costa), in vertebrate anatomy
• Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus
• Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral
• Costa (entomology), the leading edge of the forewing of winged insects, as well as a part of the male clasper

Organisations

• Costa Coffee, a British coffee shop chain, sponsor of the award
• Costa Cruises, a leading cruise company in Europe
• Costa Group, Australian food supplier

Other uses

• Costa (surname), including origin of the name and people sharing the surname
• Costa!, a 2001 Dutch film from BNN
• Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, a literary award in the UK
• Costa-Gavras (born 1933), Greek-French filmmaker
• Costa, Haute-Corse, a commune on the island of Corsica
• Costa Rica, a country in Central America
• Costa Mesa, California, a city in Orange County

See also

• Costa's Garden Odyssey, an Australian television gardening program hosted by landscape architect Costa Georgiadis
• Costas (disambiguation), a name of Greek origin
• Costal (disambiguation)