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Costa Rican Agnostics
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 Arts and entertainment * '' Costa!'', a 2001 Dutch film * '' Costa!!'', a 2022 Dutch film * Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, a literary award in the UK Organisations * Costa Caribe, a Nicaraguan basketball team * Costa Coffee, a British coffee shop chain, sponsor of the book award * Costa Cruises, a leading cruise company in Europe * Costa Del Mar, an American manufacturer of polarized sunglasses * Costa Group, Australian food supplier Places * Costa, Haute-Corse, France, a commune on the island of Corsica * Costa, Lajas, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Costa, West Virginia, US, or Brushton, a community * Costa Head, a headland on the Orkney Islands * Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa (botany)
This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology. For other related terms, see Glossary of phytopathology, Glossary of lichen terms, and List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names. A B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa, Haute-Corse
Costa (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is in the north of the island, about 5 km south east of Belgodère, just off the D71 corniche. The commune is built on the site of the medieval parish of Tuani. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Haute-Corse {{HauteCorse-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thriller '' Z'' (1969), which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and '' Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French, but six have been in English, including '' Hanna K.''. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His father's Communist Party membership made it impossible for Costa-Gavras to attend university in Greece or to be granted a visa to the United States, so after high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa (footballer)
João Carlos Rodrigues da Costa (born 18 November 1973), known as Costa, is a Portuguese football coach and a former player. Club career He made his Primeira Liga debut for Felgueiras on 20 August 1995 in a game against Chaves. Honours Club ;Porto *Taça de Portugal: 1997–98 International ;Portugal Under-16 * UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ... References External links * * 1973 births Footballers from Braga Living people Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers C.D. Nacional players Liga Portugal 2 players A.D. Ovarense players F.C. Felgueiras players Primeira Liga players FC Porto players Vitória S.C. players R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa (surname)
Costa (, ,, sometimes Costas, da Costa, Da Costa, or Dalla Costa, is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, mostly toponymic surname. The surname spread throughout the world through colonization. It was also a surname chosen by former Jews due to Roman Catholic and other Christian (often forced) conversions. In Italy, Portugal, Galicia and Catalonia it is derived from the Latin word ''costa'', "rib", which has come to mean ''slope, coast'' (close to the sea, or coastline locations) in Romance languages. In Spain, it originates from Catalonia or Galicia, with the Spanish (Castilian) equivalent being ''Cuesta''. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 71.0% of all known bearers of the surname ''Costa'' were residents of Brazil (frequency 1:141), 7.6% of Portugal (1:67), 5.2% of Mozambique (1:255), 3.7% of Italy (1:801), 2.4% of the United States (1:7,460), 1.9% of Guinea-Bissau (1:44), 1.5% of Spain (1:1,531), 1.2% of East Timor (1:49) and 1.2% of Argentina (1:1,809). In Brazil, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departamento De La Costa
The Department of the Coast () was a short-lived department of the Protectorate of Peru that existed from 1821 to 1823. The department's lone leader, who held the title of President, was . History On February 12, 1821, during the Peruvian War of Independence, the '' Reglamento Provisional'' was issued by José de San Martín, serving as the country's first legal document and constitution. The document divided the territory occupied by the Liberating Army into four departments, which included that of the Coast, north of Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive .... On August 4 of the same year, a Provisional Statute was issued by San Martín, which formally established the Department of Lima. The department was represented at the first Congress of Peru in 1822 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 is the Point of Hellia on which is located the Broch of Gurness, an Iron Age promontory fort. Gurness' drystone construction of the "round tower fort is flanked by a number of ancillary structures and impressive concentric ditch and defensive wall, rampart outer defences; moreover, the rocky shoreline cliffs posed a formidable approach for marine invaders."C. Michael Hogan, ''Gurness'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 2 December 200/ref> See also * Brough of Birsay * Evie, Orkney References Landforms of Orkney Headlands of Scotland {{Orkney-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa, West Virginia
Brushton, also known as Costa, is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Brushton is northeast of Madison. Brushton has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ... with ZIP code 25051; the post office uses the name Costa. References Unincorporated communities in Boone County, West Virginia Unincorpora ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa, Lajas, Puerto Rico
Costa is a barrio in the municipality of Lajas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,628. History Costa was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Costa and Parguera barrios was 1,256. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico References Barrios of Lajas, Puerto Rico {{LajasPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Group
Costa Group is Australia's largest horticultural company and a major supplier of produce to food retailers. The company had an IPO in 2015 and was officially listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Operations Costa Group grows most of its produce at its own farms and greenhouses. Divisions include: * Produce: berries, mushrooms, tomatoes, citrus fruit, bananas, avocados and table grapes * International: grows proprietary varieties of blueberries and other berries for international markets * Costa Farms and Logistics: Responsible for logistics and wholesaling, as well as banana farming and marketing History Costa has undergone significant changes and growth since its origins in a family-owned fruit shop that was founded in Geelong in 1888. Today, the Costa Group stands as Australia's largest horticultural company with diversified operations across the supply chain from farming and packing to marketing and distribution. Costa entered into a strategic partnership with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa (coral)
In corals, a costa (plural costae) is one of the vertical plates lying outside the corallite wall, a continuation of a septum In biology, a septum (Latin language, Latin for ''something that encloses''; septa) is a wall, dividing a Body cavity, cavity or structure into smaller ones. A cavity or structure divided in this way may be referred to as septate. Examples Hum ... (plural septa) which lies inside the wall. The costae may continue to the edge of the colony and in solitary species, such as those in the family Fungiidae, refers to the ridges on the underside of the coral. References Cnidarian anatomy {{cnidarian-anatomy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Del Mar
Costa Del Mar or simply Costa is an American manufacturer of polarized sunglasses based in Daytona Beach No longer in Daytona Beach. Luxottica closed the facility when they purchased the brand. , Florida. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica. Their sunglasses are popular in the sport sunglasses market, and are considered good for outdoor sports practicing, such as Summer activities, recreational fishing and boating. Costa's Baffin Sunglasses won Best of Show: Eyewear at ICAST 2018. "Costa Del Mar" is Spanish language, Spanish for "coast of the sea". The company was acquired by Essilor in 2013, which itself merged with Luxottica to form EssilorLuxottica in 2018; Costa was placed under the control of the Luxottica division. History Costa Del Mar was founded in 1983 by Ray Ferguson in Daytona Beach. By 1986, it was the official gear of the Stars & Stripes (America's Cup syndicate), Stars & Stripes team in America's Cup yacht racing contest and quickly became popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
