Costa Rican

San José citizen

Costa Rican describes anything relating to Costa Rica, the Central American country known for its biodiversity and stable democracy.

As a noun, a Costa Rican is a person from or a citizen of Costa Rica.

The people are also called Ticos (masculine) or Ticas (feminine), a nickname derived from their characteristic use of diminutive suffixes.

My Costa Rican colleagues invited us to visit San José.

She married a Costa Rican she met while studying abroad.

biodiversity

rainforest

Wet tropical woodland ecosystem

wildlife · toucan · sloth · jaguar · quetzal · scarlet macaw · howler monkey · poison dart frog · sea turtle · orchids

coffee

arabica

Dominant coffee species

shade-grown · altitude · export · picking · cooperative · specialty · cherry · drying · roasting · cupping

nationality

Central American

From the isthmus region

Spanish · democracy · neutral · abolition · constitution · Latin American · isthmus · province

peaceful

neutrality

State of taking sides

nonviolence · unarmed · diplomatic · disarmament · peace treaties

culture

oxcart

Beast-drawn farm vehicle

  • marimbaTuned bar percussion instrument
  • topeDrink to excess
  • feriaHispanic public celebration

soda · Churchill · fiesta

Categories
Opposites
neighboring nationality

Costa RicanGuatemalan

Of a Central American nation

Honduran · Nicaraguan · Panamanian · Salvadoran · Belizean

regional identity

Costa RicanSouth American

From that southern continent

North American · Caribbean · Mexican · Brazilian · Colombian

stereotypical national characteristics

Costa RicanNorth Korean

Citizen above the 38th parallel

militarist · warlike

Family

Costa Rica, coastal, coast, coasts, coasted, coasting, coastline, rich, riches

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G