The captain on the Costa Magica pronounced it like Coast-a (as did the cruise director). I think that would be a long o sound? But maybe that was just their accent. I pronouce it like Cost-a.
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Booked Cruises
NCL Dawn 6/21/06 Bermuda
Past Cruises
10/30/08 X Constellation Caribbean
Costa Fortuna 3/08 Eastern Caribbean
Costa Magica 2/07 Western Caribbean
HAL Noordam 11/06 Eastern Caribbean
X Zenith 6/06 Bermuda
HAL Zuiderdam 5/05 Western Caribbean
HAL Maasdam 6/04 Canada/New England
CCL Triumph 12/03 Western Caribbean
CCL Victory 11/02 Eastern Caribbean
I go for Cost-a & want to see the Costa Fortuna renamed Costa Fortune
They are going to keep the name Costa Fortuna. After all this is Costa Crociere (Italian name)
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CRUISES
Century 4/1998
Mercury 4/2000+4/2006+7/2007
Sensation 4/2002
Infinity 4/2003
Summit 4/2004+4/2005
Carnival Liberty New Year's Eve 2007
Liberty of the Seas 5/2008+11/2009
Solstice 4/2009
Oasis 4/2010
Allure 1/16/ 2011
Equinox 4/11/2011
Of course if Emeril Lagasse were to pronounce it, it would be "Cawster" ;-)
I grew up knowing a family named Costa, in NY. They pronounced it "Cahsta". However, I also knew a man who ran an outrageously delicious Italian restaurant/pizzeria in Hyde Park, NY, who happened to be a former chef for Costa Cruise Line from the early 1960s through the early 70s. He pronounced it as Paul said, like "Coast-ah".
Costa pronunciation
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