Costa Rica
/ˌkɒstə ˈriːkə
/
A republic in Central America on the Isthmus of Panama; population 4,253,900 (est. 2009); official language, Spanish; capital, San José.
Colonized by Spain in the early 16th century, Costa Rica achieved independence in 1823 and emerged as a separate country in 1838 after fourteen years within the United Provinces of Central America.
Origin
Spanish, literally 'rich coast'.
Rhymes
- secondary articulation
- secondary boycott
- secondary colour
- secondary evidence
- secondary feather
- secondary industry
- secondary modern school
- secondary picketing
- secondary planet
- secondary process
- secondary sector
- secondary sexual characteristic
- secondary smoke
- secondary smoking
- secondary stress
- secondary structure
- secondary thickening
- secondary treatment
- second ballot
- second base
- second best
- Second Boer War
- second cause
- second chamber
- second childhood