Costa

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Costa may refer to different subjects:

• Costa can refer to places (see below).
• Costa can be a family name (see below).
• Costa is the technical name for a rib.
• Costa also refers to the leading edge of the forewing in Lepidoptera.
• Costa is also a Greek first name.
• Costa Coffee, a UK coffee shop chain.
• Costa Cruises, a leading cruise company in Europe
• Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, a literary award in the UK
• Costa's minimal surface, an embedded minimal surface discovered in 1982 by the Brazilian mathematician Celso Costa

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Nation 1.2 In France 1.3 In Italy 1.4 In Portugal 1.5 In Scotland 1.6 In Spain 1.7 Other 2 Surnames 2.1 Related family names

[edit] Places

There are places that have the name Costa (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish for coast):

[edit] Nation

• Costa Rica

[edit] In France

• Costa, a commune of the Haute-Corse département, on the island of Corsica

[edit] In Italy

• Costa de' Nobili, in the province of Pavia
• Costa di Mezzate, in the province of Bergamo
• Costa di Rovigo, in the province of Rovigo
• Costa di Serina, in the province of Bergamo
• Costa Masnaga, in the province of Lecco
• Costa Valle Imagna, in the province of Bergamo
• Costa Vescovato, in the province of Alessandria
• Costa Volpino, in the province of Bergamo

[edit] In Portugal

• Costa, a parish in the district of Guimarães

[edit] In Scotland

• Costa, Orkney Islands

[edit] In Spain

Clockwise:

• Costa Brava (Spanish and Catalan, English: Brave Coast), in the province of Girona (Girona),
• Costa del Azahar (Orange-flower Coast), (province of Valencia),
• Costa Blanca ("White Coast"), province of Alicante,
• Costa Calida ("Hot Coast"), Región de Murcia,
• Costa Dorada ("Golden Coast") on the coast of Catalonia,
• Costa de Almería ("Almería Coast"), Almería (province),
• Costa del Sol ("Sun Coast"), in the province of Málaga (Málaga),
• Costa de la Luz ("Coast of the Light"), province of Huelva,
• Costa da Morte (Galician, Spanish: Costa de la Muerte, English: Coast of Death), in the province of A Coruña (A Coruña)
• Costa Esmeralda ("Emerald Coast") Asturias,
• Costa Verde ("Green Coast") Cantabria, and
• Costa Vasca ("Basque Coast") Basque Country. See also Cote Basque.

[edit] Other

• Costa Mesa
• Costa Verde

[edit] Surnames

• Costa (meaning Coast) or da Costa (from the Coast) is a common surname in Portugal, Brazil and in other countries of Portuguese language. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
  • Matt Costa, Famous American folk singer and songwriter.
  • Ricardo Costa, Portuguese filmmaker
  • António Costa, Portuguese politician
  • Lúcio Costa, Brazilian architect and urban planner
  • Rui Costa, Portuguese football player
  • Jorge Costa, Portuguese football player
  • Oscar da Costa, Spitting Image caricaturist
  • Marcos Costa, Brazilian boxer
  • Ronaldo da Costa, Brazilian runner
  • Robert Costa, American policitian.
  • Antonio da Costa Santos, Brazilian architect and politician
  • Isaac da Costa, Dutch Jewish writer
  • João da Costa, Portuguese Jesuit
  • Terry Costa, Canadian artist
  • Uriel da Costa, Portuguese Jewish writer
  • Carlos Duarte Costa, Brazilian religious figure
  • Martinho da Costa Lopes, East Timorese religious and political leader
  • Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro, Brazilian politician
  • Manuel Pinto da Costa, former president of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Jim Costa, Portuguese-American politician

• Costa is also a surname in Italy:
  • Lorenzo Costa, Italian painter.
  • Sir Michael Costa, Italian-born English composer and conductor.
  • Paolo Costa, Italian Member of the European Parliament.

[edit] Related family names

Da Costa, for the Jewish branch in the Netherlands