Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The northeast coast of Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea from Barcelona to the French border. It has been a popular tourist area since the end of World War II.
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- proper noun The
coastline of Spain, from Blanes to the French border. It is a popular tourist resort, with many beaches.
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Examples
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The name Costa Brava, ferocious, stormy coast, was not coined long ago, the name, in fact, has no traditional nor historical roots.
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On his road north, Josh had stopped at a bed-andbreakfast called Costa Brava outside Perth.
Death of a Scriptwriter Beaton, M. C. 1998
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El Bulli's bucolic setting near the town of Roses on the Costa Brava approximately two hours from Barcelona has an elegant simplicity.
George Heymont: The Brain From Spain George Heymont 2011
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By 1963 it was advertising itself as providing a "grill room, bar, petit golf and apartamentos", accompanied by a cheesy tourist map of the Costa Brava.
How a wartime romance gave birth to the best restaurant in the world 2011
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As professional kitchens go, it is beautiful: broad and airy, with a large window in front and a glass wall in back that lets in the speckled Costa Brava sunlight.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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Until the rise of Noma, the Danish restaurant where foraged food is brought to diners – or so I gather from photographs – on salt-burnished pieces of driftwood, El Bulli, in Roses, on the Costa Brava, Spain, was considered to be the best restaurant in the world.
The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season at el Bulli by Lisa Abend – review 2011
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Even without a reservation, though, it was easy to understand what Mr. Adrià's objectives were at this seaside establishment, tucked away inside a national park on Spain's Costa Brava.
The Legacy of El Bulli Bruce Palling 2011
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The couple discovered northern Catalonia in the early 1950s, before package tourism reached the Costa Brava.
How a wartime romance gave birth to the best restaurant in the world 2011
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Paco Pérez was already well established as one of the finest cooks on the Costa Brava when he took his post here, elevating Hotel Arts Barcelona's gourmet dining into the sphere of "modernist cuisine".
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Paco Pérez was already well established as one of the finest cooks on the Costa Brava when he took his post here, elevating Hotel Arts Barcelona's gourmet dining into the sphere of "modernist cuisine".
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