Costa Blanca

English

Etymology

Literally, “white coast”, coined in the 1950s to promote tourism, after Costa Brava.

Proper noun

Costa Blanca

  1. The coastline of Valencia and Alicante in Spain.
    • 2024 February 24, Rory Carroll, Luke Harding, “On the run from Russia: the defector to Ukraine shot dead on the Costa Blanca”, in The Observer‎, →ISSN:
      In some ways it is easy to see why Maksim Kuzminov chose to start a new life in Villajoyosa on the Costa Blanca. It overlooks the Mediterranean, with spectacular sunrises.
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