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contra costa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra -cos-ta
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Contra Costa County.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Spanish Contra Costa (literally “opposite coast”), from contra + costa.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Contra Costa Center Contra Costa Centre Contra Costa County County of Contra Costa

Questions

What does contra costa mean?
Ellipsis of Contra Costa County.
Where does contra costa come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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