Costa may refer to:
Biology
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Rib
In vertebrate anatomy, ribs ( la, costae) are the long curved bones which form the rib cage, part of the axial skeleton. In most tetrapods, ribs surround the chest, enabling the lungs to expand and thus facilitate breathing by expanding the ches ...
(Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy
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Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus
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Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral
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Costa (entomology)
This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.
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A synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, toxic to vertebrates. Though i ...
, the leading edge of the forewing of winged insects, as well as a part of the male clasper
Organisations
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Costa Coffee, a British coffee shop chain, sponsor of the book award
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Costa Cruises
Società per Azioni, S.p.A. (), operating as Costa Cruises, is an Italian cruise line founded in 1854 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000. Based in Genoa, Genoa, Italy, the cruise line primarily ca ...
, a leading cruise company in Europe
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Costa Del Mar
Costa Del Mar or simply Costa is an American manufacturer of polarized sunglasses based in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica. Their sunglasses are popular in the sport sunglasses market, and are consider ...
, an American manufacturer of polarized sunglasses
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Costa Group
Costa Group is Australia's largest horticultural company and a major supplier of produce to food retailers in that country. The company had an IPO in 2015 and was officially listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as Costa Group Holdings Limite ...
, Australian food supplier
Places
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Costa, Haute-Corse, a commune on the island of Corsica
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Costa Head
Costa Head is a prominent headland on Eynhallow Sound on the northwestern coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland. The tidal indraught of Eynhallow Sound is "scarcely felt beyond a line joining Costa Head and the Reef of Quendale". To the east ...
, prominent headland on the Orkney Islands
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
, a country in Central America
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Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa (; Spanish for "Table Coast") is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wa ...
, a city in Orange County
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Costa, Lajas, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Other uses
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Costa (surname), including origin of the name and people sharing the surname
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Costa!'', a 2001 Dutch film from BNN
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Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, a literary award in the UK
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Costa-Gavras (born 1933), Greek-French filmmaker
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Costa Caribe, a Nicaraguan basketball team
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Costa Concordia'', a ship that crashed in 2012
See also
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Costa's Garden Odyssey'', an Australian television gardening program hosted by landscape architect Costa Georgiadis
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Costas (disambiguation), a name of Greek origin
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Costal (disambiguation)
Costal may refer to:
* an adjective related to the rib () in anatomy
** Costal cartilage, a type of cartilage forming bars which serve to prolong the ribs forward
** Costal margin, the medial margin formed by the false ribs
** Costal surface (disa ...
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