TICO


Meaning of TICO in English

/tee"koh/ ; Sp. /tee"kaw/ , n. , pl. Ticos /-kohz/ ; Sp. /-kaws/ , adj. Slang. (in Central America)

n.

1. a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica.

adj.

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Costa Rica or its inhabitants: an exhibition of Tico art.

[ tico, said to be from Costa Ricans' predilection for diminutives formed with the suffix -itico ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .