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Ti⋅co

[tee-koh; Sp. tee-kaw] noun, plural -cos [-kohz; Sp. -kaws] , adjective Slang. (in Central America)
–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Costa Rica or its inhabitants: an exhibition of Tico art.

Origin:
< AmerSp tico, said to be from Costa Ricans' predilection for diminutives formed with the suffix -itico
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