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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 book award
  • Costa Cruises, a leading cruise company in Europe
  • Costa Group, Australian food supplier

Places

  • 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
  • Costa, Lajas, Puerto Rico, a barrio

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 Caribe, a Nicaraguan basketball team
  • Costa Concordia, a ship that crashed in 2012

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)
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