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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COSA NOSTRA

Italian, literally: our thing.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COSA NOSTRA

Cosa Nostra  [ˈkəʊsə ˈnɒstrə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COSA NOSTRA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cosa Nostra is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COSA NOSTRA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cosa Nostra

Sicilian Mafia

The Sicilian Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra, in English "Our Thing") is a criminal syndicate in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering. Each group, known as a "family", "clan", or "cosca", claims sovereignty over a territory, usually a town or village or a neighbourhood (borgata) of a larger city, in which it operates its rackets. Its members call themselves "men of honour", although the public often refers to them as "mafiosi". By 2004, its annual revenue had reached 30 billion euro, equivalent to one third of the 90 billion euro total annual revenue for Italian organized crime groups estimated by Confesercenti, one of the leading business associations in Italy. (Italy's National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Piero Grasso suggests the total annual income for Italian organized crime groups may be much higher -- near 135 billion euro -- due to arms and narcotics trafficking not considered in Confesercenti's calculations.

Definition of Cosa Nostra in the English dictionary

The definition of Cosa Nostra in the dictionary is the branch of the Mafia that operates in the US.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COSA NOSTRA


aspidistra
ˌæspɪˈdɪstrə
Clytaemnestra
ˌklaɪtɪmˈnestrə
Clytemnestra
ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstrə
extra
ˈɛkstrə
fenestra
fɪˈnɛstrə
hyoplastra
ˌhaɪəˈplæstrə
hypoplastra
ˌhaɪpəʊˈplæstrə
lustra
ˈlʌstrə
Olestra
əʊˈlestrə
orchestra
ˈɔːkɪstrə
palaestra
pəˈlɛstrə
palestra
pəˈlɛstrə
ristra
ˈrɪstrə
rostra
ˈrɒstrə
sastra
ˈʃɑːstrə
sequestra
sɪˈkwestrə
shastra
ˈʃɑːstrə
sistra
ˈsɪstrə
xiphiplastra
ˌzɪfɪˈplæstrə
Zarathustra
ˌzærəˈθuːstrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COSA NOSTRA

COSAS
COSATU
coscinomancy
coscript
cose
cosec
cosecant
cosech
coseismal
coseismic
cosentient
Cosenza
cosey
Cosgrave

WORDS THAT END LIKE COSA NOSTRA

centra
chamber orchestra
cleopatra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Electra
Maharashtra
mantra
per ardua ad astra
Petra
Sinatra
Sintra
spectra
string orchestra
Sumatra
sutra
symphony orchestra
tetra
the Kama Sutra
ultra
youth orchestra

Synonyms and antonyms of Cosa Nostra in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Cosa Nostra» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COSA NOSTRA

Find out the translation of Cosa Nostra to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Cosa Nostra from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Cosa Nostra» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小筑诺斯特拉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Cosa Nostra
570 millions of speakers

English

Cosa Nostra
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोसा नोस्ट्रा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كوسا نوسترا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Коза Ностра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cosa Nostra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোসা নস্ট্রা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Cosa Nostra
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cosa Nostra
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cosa Nostra
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バラキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코사 노스트라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cosa Nostra
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Cosa Nostra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோசா நோஸ்ரா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोसा नोस्ट्रा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cosa Nostra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Cosa Nostra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cosa Nostra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Коза Ностра
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Cosa Nostra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Cosa Nostra
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Cosa Nostra
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Cosa Nostra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Cosa Nostra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Cosa Nostra

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COSA NOSTRA»

The term «Cosa Nostra» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COSA NOSTRA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Cosa Nostra» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Cosa Nostra» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Cosa Nostra

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COSA NOSTRA»

Discover the use of Cosa Nostra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Cosa Nostra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
Cosa Nostra is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity.
John Dickie, 2007
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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
The Gold Dagger Award-winning history of the Sicilian mafia
John Dickie, 2004
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Cosa Nostra
Cosa Nostra by Joseph Orbi is a little gay, a little straight and very funny. A blend of black humor and suspense, it is also the story of a murder that happens without musical accompaniment.
Joseph Orbi, 2010
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Busting the Mob: The United States V. Cosa Nostra
The purpose of this book is to put the extraordinary law enforcement attack on Cosa Nostra since the late 1970s 'on the record' for present and future generations of students, scholars, and others interested in organized crime in America.
James B. Jacobs, 1996
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Cosa Nostra: An Illustrated History of the Mafia
Describes the origins and history of the Cosa Nostra, beginning in 1863 Sicily and moving to Prohibition Era America, discussing the formation of the mafia families and the most famous legendary criminals.
Massimo Picozzi, 2012
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"Terror at Midday" - The Cosa Nostra as a Terrorist Organisation
Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 98, erg International School - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Department for Political Science), course: Seminar ...
Tamir Sinai, 2007
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The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra
The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra makes a powerful statement, and is a MUST for true-crime aficionados.
Peter J De Vico, 2007
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Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse - Cosa Nostra, ...
The Financial Times described John Dickie's MAFIA BROTHERHOODS as 'Powered by the sort of muscular prose that one associates with great detective fiction' and in MAFIA REPUBLIC John Dickie again marries outstanding scholarship with ...
John Dickie, 2013
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Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Mafia Family and ...
MONEY, MURDER, AND MACHIAVELLIAN MAYHEM Mafia Prince is the first person account of one of the most brutal eras in Mafia history—“Little Nicky” Scarfo’s reign as boss of the Philadelphia family in the 1980s—written by Scarfo’s ...
Philip Leonetti, 2012
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Cosa Nostra
This story is targeted for the Godfather, Casino, Last Don, & Goodfellas desire line.Don Vinny Gambetta had it all, a son hes very proud about, a beautiful wife, hes the Don of the most powerful family in New York and he commanded respect ...
Owen Ikedilo, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COSA NOSTRA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Cosa Nostra is used in the context of the following news items.
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Italian police seize 1.6 bn euros in assets from mafia family
"Complex investigations have uncovered how the Virgas have benefited from the backing of the Cosa Nostra in the bidding for these works and ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
'Shrimp Boy' Chow Trial Slated for November
... from an undercover FBI agent posing as a member of La Cosa Nostra from New Jersey, as well as conspiring to sell contraband cigarettes. «Courthouse News Service, Jul 15»
3
The next emergency in Europe is south of Rome
This is all aggravated by the presence of several organized criminal groups: the Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta, and Camorra whose strongholds in ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
4
Investigative journalists uncover disturbing facts about the Falcone …
The official trial conducted by the Italian magistracy decreed that, Cosa Nostra was the only guilty of the massacres. After the tragedy, some ... «RINF Alternative News, Jul 15»
5
The Silicon Valley of Italy's South
Different colors denote different groups, such as purple for Sicilian Cosa Nostra and blue for Calabrian 'ndrangheta. Icons like handcuffs or ... «OZY, Jul 15»
6
The Real-Life Gangsters of 'The Making of the Mob'
Charles “Lucky” Luciano, organized crime boss of the Sicilian “La Cosa Nostra” Mafia, poses for an FBI photo in 1925. Lucky Luciano started ... «Biography, Jul 15»
7
Travel review: Sicily - A sunnier outlook
... who met in secret to discuss how they might loosen the Cosa Nostra stranglehold and open their own businesses without paying pizzo. «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
8
Kenney and Williams have a sitdown - with hollandaise sauce
This is what members of La Cosa Nostra would call a sitdown. Williams and Kenney met for breakfast at Sabrina's Café in Powelton, according ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
9
Silvio Berlusconi faces more questions over lavish presents and …
'Being Berlusconi: The Rise and Fall from Cosa Nostra to Bunga Bunga' (Palgrave Macmillan) by Michael Day is on sale at the end of July. «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Saddle River man wanted by police jumps to his death off hospital …
... involvement on behalf of and in furtherance of the Genovese Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra between 2003 and the date of this agreement. «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cosa Nostra [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cosa-nostra>. Apr 2024 ».
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