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Costa Rica

noun

A republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America. Synonym: Republic of Costa Rica.

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Costa Rican

capital of Costa Rica

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"Costa Rica" Quotes from Famous Books

... mutinied. The gold did not seem worth fighting for where natives were so hostile that a man could not even pick fruit from a tree and eat it! Columbus saw that there was nothing to do but get the men back on the boats and abandon all thought of colonizing what he had already named Costa Rica ...

— Christopher Columbus • Mildred Stapley

... Spanish America and in Brazil I had met priests who were members of the order; and I particularly cited the case of an ecclesiastic of considerable importance, who in Costa Rica, some ten or twelve years ago, was at the head of the Order of ...

— France and the Republic - A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces - During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 • William Henry Hurlbert

Words linked to "Costa Rica" : Organization of American States, Central America, Central American country, Central American nation, Costa Rican, San Jose, OAS