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Where does the name Costa Rica come from? |
Can someone tell me Where the name Costa Rica came from or give me a website that tells about that. Thanks! |
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Costa Rica means Rich Coast but the name was given when the Spaniards arrived and thought the the country was full of gold because they saw the indians wearing gold .
They soon found out that Costa Rica did not have that as much gold as they thought.
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The native indians from CR used to wear golden jewelery, they used to make it. So when the spaniards came (with Cristobal Colon aka Christopher Columbus) and saw all the indians wearing gold. They called it the Rich Coast. In spanish its Costa Rica.
Then they stole the gold, its kind of sad. The art of gold working was practiced throughout Costa Rica for perhaps one thousand years before the Spanish conquest.....In the link below is a pic of how the natives used to look wearing the gold.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/2763415057_d9ab64d338.jpg?v=0 |
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It means Rich Coast and the name was given by Columbus. |
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Costa Rica means Rich Coast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica |
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The name comes from the italian word for Rich Coast, Christopher Columbus came to this country on his third trip and as soon as he saw the coast he Muttered these words.
That became the name for the Country, Costa Rica
If you want more information on Costa Rica, you can visit My Costa Rica and the wikipedia page, here I'm adding the link to the etimology of the word to |
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