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

1. a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica.

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

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