Costa
See also: costa, cósta, costá, costà, costâ, and cô ta
English
Alternative forms
- Costas, Dacosta, DaCosta, daCosta, da Costa, Da Costa, dalla Costa, Dalla Costa, dallaCosta, DallaCosta, Dallacosta
Etymology
From Romance (from Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa.
Proper noun
Costa (plural Costas)
- A surname from the Romance languages.
- A surname from Italian.
- A surname from Galician.
- A surname from French.
- A surname from Occitan.
- A surname from Spanish.
- A Catalonian surname from Catalan.
- A surname from Portuguese.
Translations
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See also
- Acosta
- Dacosta
Further reading
Costa (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Ascot, Casto, Coast, Coats, Cotas, Sacto, ascot, catso, coast, coats, octas, scato-, scoat, tacos
French
Etymology
From Occitan Costa, from Latin costa.
Proper noun
Costa ?
- a Languedoc surname, Costa, from Occitan, equivalent to the French Côté
Descendants
- English: Costa
Galician
Etymology
From costa (“slope”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔsta̝/
Proper noun
Costa f
- Name of a large number of hamlets and villages all along Galicia.
- a toponymical surname, Costa
Related terms
- Acosta
- Dacosta
Descendants
- English: Costa
- Spanish: Costa
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, 2006–2018.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin costa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.sta/
- Rhymes: -ɔsta
- Hyphenation: Cò‧sta
Proper noun
Costa m or f by sense
- a toponymic surname
Descendants
- English: Costa
Anagrams
- Tasco, casto, scato-, scota, tosca
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin costa.
Proper noun
Costa
- a toponymic surname, Costa
Descendants
- English: Costa
- French: Costa
- Spanish: Costa
Portuguese
Etymology
From costa (“coast”), from Old Portuguese costa, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐ/
- Homophone: costa
- Hyphenation: Cos‧ta
Proper noun
Costa m or f by sense
- a toponymic surname, Costa
Descendants
- English: Costa
See also
- da Costa
- Da Costa
- Dacosta
Spanish
Etymology
From Romance (from Galician Costa, Occitan Costa, Catalan Costa), from Latin costa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkosta/ [ˈkos.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -osta
- Syllabification: Cos‧ta
Proper noun
Costa ?
- a non-Castilian surname, Costa, from the Romance languages, equivalent to the Spanish Cuesta
- a surname from Occitan
- a Catalonian surname from Catalan
- a surname from Galician
Descendants
- English: Costa
See also
- Acosta
- Dacosta