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PLACES

There are places that have the name Costa ( Italian , Portuguese , Spanish for Coast ):

Nation

Costa Rica

In France

Costa , a Commune of the Haute-Corse '' Département '', on the island of Corsica

In Italy

Costa De' Nobili , in the Province Of Pavia

Costa Di Mezzate , in the Province Of Bergamo

Costa Di Rovigo , in the Province Of Rovigo

Costa Di Serina , in the Province Of Bergamo

Costa Masnaga , in the Province Of Lecco

Costa Valle Imagna , in the Province Of Bergamo

Costa Vescovato , in the Province Of Alessandria

Costa Volpino , in the Province Of Bergamo

In Portugal

Costa , a parish in the district of Guimarães

In Spain

Clockwise:

( Girona )

Costa Del Azahar ( Orange -flower Coast), ( Province Of Valencia )

Costa Blanca ("White Coast"), Province Of Alicante

Costa Calida ("Hot Coast"), Murcia (autonomous Community)

Costa Del Sol ("Sun Coast"), in the Province Of Málaga ( Málaga )

Costa De La Luz ("Coast of the Light"), Province Of Huelva

( A Coruña )

Costa Esmeralda ("Emerald Coast") Asturias .

Costa Verde ("Green Coast") Cantabria

Costa Vasca ("Basque Coast") Basque Country . See also Cote Basque .

Other

Costa Mesa

Costa Verde

SURNAMES

Costa (meaning '' Coast '') is a common Surname in Portugal , Brazil and in other countries of Portuguese Language . It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

--- António Costa , Portuguese politician.

--- Lúcio Costa , Brazilian Architect and Urban Planner .

--- Rui Costa , Portuguese football player.

--- Jorge Costa , Portuguese football player.

--- Oscar Da Costa , Spitting Image Caricaturist .

--- Ronaldo Da Costa , Brazilian runner.

--- Antonio Da Costa Santos , Brazilian architect and politician.

--- Isaac Da Costa , Dutch Jewish writer.

--- João Da Costa , Portuguese Jesuit.

--- Uriel Da Costa , Portuguese Jewish writer.

--- Carlos Duarte Costa , Brazilian religious figure.

--- Martinho Da Costa Lopes , East Timorese religious and political leader.

--- Delfim Moreira Da Costa Ribeiro , Brazilian politician.

''Costa'' is also a surname in Italy :

--- Lorenzo Costa , Italian painter.

---Sir Michael Costa , Italian-born English composer and conductor.

--- Paolo Costa , Italian Member Of The European Parliament .

Related family names

Da Costa , for the Jewish branch in the Netherlands

SEE ALSO

Costa Coffee , a UK coffee shop chain

Costa is the technical name for a Rib

Costa also refers to the leading edge of the forewing in Lepidoptera

Costa is also a Greek First Name .