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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Costa Rica
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

哥斯達黎加 哥斯达黎加 [Ge1 si1 da2 li2 jia1] /Costa Rica/

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Other forms in these source records: 哥斯達黎加

  • 哥
    gē

    elder brother

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

    Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī luò fá kè]

  • 达
    dá

    to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent

    Dá

    surname Da

  • 黎
    lí

    (literary) black / dark / many / multitude

    Lí

    Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Lí bā nèn]

  • 加
    jiā

    to add / (math.) plus / to increase / to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bù], 大[dà], 稍[shāo] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shāo jiā gǎi liáng] "make some minor improvements to (it)")

    Jiā

    Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jiā ná dà]) / surname Jia

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