Kosovo
See also: kosovo
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Kosova (from Albanian)
- Kosov@ (uncommon; blends the Slavic and Albanian spellings)
- Kossovo (obsolete)
Etymology
editShortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (“blackbirds’ field”), from косово (kosovo), possessive form of кос (kos, “blackbird”), and поље (polje, “field”).
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editKosovo
- A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Kosovo. Capital and largest city: Pristina. Considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces.
- 1999 March 25, “Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia”, in The New York Times[1], New York:
- Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo.
- 2017, Freedom in the world, page 657:
- After Milosevic’s overthrow in October 2000, international pressure on the new authorities in Belgrade to extradict Milosevic for alleged war crimes committed during the Kosovo conflict was intense.
- One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdisputed region in the Balkans
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editAfrikaans
editProper noun
editKosovo
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
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editAsturian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKosovo m
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKosovo m
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Crimean Tatar
editProper noun
editKosovo
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKosovo n (related adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Declension
editFurther reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.
Pronunciation
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editKosovo n (adjective Kosovaars, demonym Kosovaar m or Kosovaarse f)
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editder/das Kosovo m or n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kosovo or des Kosovos)
Kosovo n (proper noun, genitive Kosovos or (optionally with an article) Kosovo)
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Declension
editDeclension of Kosovo [sg-only, masculine // neuter, strong]
Declension of Kosovo [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
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editItalian
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKosovo m
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Kossovo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Lithuanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editKòsovo
Maltese
editProper noun
editIl-Kosovo m
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editKosovo m
- Alternative form of Cosovo: Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
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editRomanian
editProper noun
editKosovo n
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Declension
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKosovo m
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Derived terms
editSwedish
editProper noun
editKosovo n (genitive Kosovos)
- Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- Kosovo in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔsovo
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔsovo/3 syllables
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔvo/3 syllables
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- it:Kosovo
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- mt:Kosovo
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