Definition of Costa Rican in English:
Costa Rican
adjective ˌkɒstəˈ riːk(ə)nˌkoʊstə ˈrik(ə)n
Relating to or characteristic of Costa Rica or its people.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although American-born, his family is Costa Rican, and he spent enough of his youth there to consider it home.
- Frank is not your typical Costa Rican coffee farmer.
- Costa Rican people are believers in herbal medicine.
- These memories, warm as the Costa Rican midday sun, turn slowly through my mind as the plane whips over entire countries.
- The extended family is the basis of Costa Rican society.
noun ˌkɒstəˈ riːk(ə)nˌkoʊstə ˈrik(ə)n
A native or inhabitant of Costa Rica.
the three-day race was won by a native Costa Rican
Example sentencesExamples
- Lobo, an energetic Costa Rican who looks as if he's in his 40s, leads us through his 1-hectare farm.
- Regardless of their current social standing, most Costa Ricans have some connection to coffee.
- Costa Ricans have generally conservative family values and relationships.
- This is a country that boasts more professors than policemen, and sometimes it seems more tourists than Costa Ricans.
- The jubilant Costa Ricans, who have only once made it out of the group stages at a World Cup, will take on Italy.
Rhymes
archdeacon, beacon, deacon, Dominican, Mohican, Mozambican, Puerto Rican, weaken
Definition of Costa Rican in US English:
Costa Rican
adjectiveˌkoʊstə ˈrik(ə)nˌkōstə ˈrēk(ə)n
Relating to or characteristic of Costa Rica or its people.
Example sentencesExamples
- These memories, warm as the Costa Rican midday sun, turn slowly through my mind as the plane whips over entire countries.
- Frank is not your typical Costa Rican coffee farmer.
- Although American-born, his family is Costa Rican, and he spent enough of his youth there to consider it home.
- Costa Rican people are believers in herbal medicine.
- The extended family is the basis of Costa Rican society.
nounˌkoʊstə ˈrik(ə)nˌkōstə ˈrēk(ə)n
A native or inhabitant of Costa Rica.
the three-day race was won by a native Costa Rican
Example sentencesExamples
- The jubilant Costa Ricans, who have only once made it out of the group stages at a World Cup, will take on Italy.
- Lobo, an energetic Costa Rican who looks as if he's in his 40s, leads us through his 1-hectare farm.
- Regardless of their current social standing, most Costa Ricans have some connection to coffee.
- This is a country that boasts more professors than policemen, and sometimes it seems more tourists than Costa Ricans.
- Costa Ricans have generally conservative family values and relationships.