"Costa" meaning in Spanish

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkosta/, [ˈkos.t̪a]
Rhymes: -osta Etymology: Borrowed from Romance (from Galician Costa, Occitan Costa, Catalan Costa), from Latin costa. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|roa|Costa}} Borrowed from Romance, {{bor|es|gl|Costa}} Galician Costa, {{bor|es|oc|Costa}} Occitan Costa, {{bor|es|ca|Costa}} Catalan Costa, {{gloss|from Galician <i class="Latn mention" lang="gl">Costa</i>, Occitan <i class="Latn mention" lang="oc">Costa</i>, Catalan <i class="Latn mention" lang="ca">Costa</i>}} (from Galician Costa, Occitan Costa, Catalan Costa), {{der|es|la|costa}} Latin costa Head templates: {{es-proper noun|mfbysense}} Costa m or f by sense
  1. a non-Castilian surname, Costa, from the Romance languages, equivalent to the Spanish Cuesta
    a surname from Occitan
    Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Costa-es-name-7OYpJHn7 Categories (other): Spanish surnames, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 33 33 33
  2. a non-Castilian surname, Costa, from the Romance languages, equivalent to the Spanish Cuesta
    a Catalonian surname from Catalan
    Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Costa-es-name-YoB8vjPB Categories (other): Spanish surnames, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 33 33 33
  3. a non-Castilian surname, Costa, from the Romance languages, equivalent to the Spanish Cuesta
    a surname from Galician
    Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Costa-es-name-RYOTCguv Categories (other): Spanish surnames, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Acosta, Dacosta
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