Costa

See also: costa, cósta, costá, costà, costâ, and cô ta

Galician

Etymology

From costa (“slope”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔsta̝/

Proper noun

Costa f

  1. Name of a large number of hamlets and villages all along Galicia.
  2. A toponymical surname​.

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.
  • “Costa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Cos‧ta

Proper noun

Costa m or f

  1. A toponymic surname​.
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