costa

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
noun any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin costa (“a rib”). Doublet of coast.

--Anduve de viaje por la costa. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
"Da Costa's History of the Jews in Spain." — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein
The coffee of Costa Rica is a very superior product. — Commercial Geography: A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

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