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Kosovo

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See also: kosovo

English

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Location of Kosovo (1) within the Balkans
Kosovo (2) district

Alternative forms

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  • Kosova (from Albanian)
  • Kosov@ (uncommon; blends the Slavic and Albanian spellings)
  • Kossovo (obsolete)

Etymology

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Shortened 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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Kosovo

  1. 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.
  2. One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Kosovo

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈsobo/, [koˈso.β̞o]

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Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Catalan

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Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Crimean Tatar

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Proper noun

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Kosovo

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kosovo n (related adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

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Further reading

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  • Kosovo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Kosovo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.soːˌvoː/
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  • Hyphenation: Ko‧so‧vo

Proper noun

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Kosovo n (adjective Kosovaars, demonym Kosovaar m or Kosovaarse f)

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

German

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 Kosovo on German Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔsovo/, (rarer also) /ˈkɔzovo/
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Proper noun

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der/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)

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.so.vo/, /koˈsɔ.vo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsovo, -ɔvo
  • Hyphenation: Kò‧so‧vo, Ko‧sò‧vo

Proper noun

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Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Kossovo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

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Kòsovo

  1. genitive singular of Kòsovas (Kosovo)

Maltese

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Maltese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Il-Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈzo.vu/, /ˈko.zo.vu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈzo.vo/, /ˈko.zo.vo/
 

Proper noun

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Kosovo m

  1. Alternative form of Cosovo: Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
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Romanian

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Proper noun

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Kosovo n

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Serbo-Croatian

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Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kôsoʋo/
  • Hyphenation: Ko‧so‧vo

Proper noun

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Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈsobo/ [koˈso.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: Ko‧so‧vo

Proper noun

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Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Kosovo n (genitive Kosovos)

  1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
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