Ticon.adj.
/ˈtiːkəʊ/ slang (chiefly U.S.).
= Costa Rican n. and adj.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [noun] > Costa Rica
Costa Rican1841
Tico1905
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [adjective] > Costa Rican
Tico1946
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [adjective] > Central America > specific countries > Costa Rica
Costa Rican1849
Tico1946
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > of Romance languages > Spanish > Costa Rican Spanish
Tico1946
1905 G. Casement tr. R. Fernández Guardia Cuentos Ticos: Short Stories of Costa Rica 73 To the reader who does not know that in Central America the inhabitants of Guatemala are called ‘Chopines’, those of Salvador and Honduras ‘Guacanos’, those of Nicaragua ‘Nicos’ and ‘Pinolios’, and the Costa Ricans ‘Ticos’, the title of this book will be unintelligible.
1944 J. Biesanz & M. Biesanz Costa Rican Life i. 15 The villagers' speech abounds in the diminutive that has earned Costa Ricans the nickname ‘Ticos’.
1946 National Geographic Mag. Oct. 413/2 The musical intonation and liberal use of diminutives make Tico Spanish particularly effective for expressing sentiment and affection.
1980 L. St. Clair Obsessions iii. 79 Most of the people here are from the embassies. The Ticos—that's what the natives call themselves—come in the evening.
1980 L. St. Clair Obsessions iii. 86 The Tico families are a closed society.
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