Cosa nostra is an Italian phrase for 'our thing'. It is exclusively used to describe Italian and Italian-American Mafia organization. It can sometimes be described as La Cosa Nostra.
Cosa Nostra - Meaning "Our Thing". Cosa Nostra or as refered to by the FBI (La Cosa Nostra - This is the wrong term as La means the in Italian and It's not "The Our Thing".) Cosa Nostra originates from "La Stessa Cosa". The Mafioso from the 1900's. La Stessa Cosa, was a very sacred society and no one knew much about it apart from those in the Mafia. After the 1900's La Stessa Cosa was reformed and known as Cosa Nostra. For a short period of time Cosa Nostra was still sacred, but today it isn't secretive anymore.
Europa Nostra was created in 1963.
Italia Nostra was created in 1955.
Nostra Aetate was created in 1965.
It means: "it is a nostra vostra." (nostra and vostra are not spanish words. They are Italian words for our and your).
Dona Nostra was created in 1993-03.
La Coka Nostra was created in 2006.
The Cosa Nostra Klub ended in 1998.
The Cosa Nostra Klub was created in 1996.
Terra Nostra - novel - was created in 1975.
Koza nostra was created on 1990-05-08.