Costa may refer to:
- Costa (surname), including origin of the name and people sharing the surname
- Costa, Rib, from Latin costae
- Costa, central strand of a bryophyte leaf or thallus
- Costa, leading edge of the forewing in Lepidoptera and other winged insects
- Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, a literary award in the United Kingdom
- Costa Coffee, a British coffee shop chain
- Costa Cruises, a leading cruise company in Europe
- Costa Gavras, a Greek-French filmmaker
- Costa!, a 2001 Dutch film from BNN
Places:
- Costa, Haute-Corse, a commune on the island of Corsica
- Costa Head, a prominent headland in Scotland
- Costa, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- Costa, Portugal, a parish in the district of Guimarães, Portugal
- Costa, Spain, a comarca of the province of Huelva, Spain
See also
- Costas, a name of Greek origin
- The Costas, coastal holiday resorts of Spain
Costa is a common Surname in Portugal, Brazil and in other countries of Portuguese language. In Vertebrate Anatomy, ribs ( Latin costae) are the long curved Bones which form the ribcage. Bryophytes are all Embryophytes ('land Plants) that are non-vascular: they have tissues and enclosed reproductive systems but they lack Vascular tissue "Tornus" redirects here For the Gastropod Genus, see Tornus (gastropod. Pterygota is a subclass of Insects that includes the winged insects The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary awards Costa Coffee is a Coffee house company based in the United Kingdom founded in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio & Bruno Costa as a wholesale operation Costa Crociere SpA (Costa Cruises is an Italian Cruise line with 14 ships including the Costa Pacifica and the Costa Luminosa Constantinos Gavras (born February 13, 1933, Loutra Iraias, Greece) better known as (Constantin Costa-Gavras (Κώστας Γαβράς Costa! is a 2001 Dutch Film from BNN. It was the first movie that used several famous Dutch Soap stars Costa is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Costa Head is a prominent Headland on Eynhallow Sound on the northwestern coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland. Guimarães (gimɐˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ is a city and municipality in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the district of Braga In Spain traditionally and historically some Autonomous communities are also divided into comarcas (singular comarca)
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costa
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- (anatomy) A rib.
- (biology) A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
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