English Explanatory Dictionary

Kosovo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒsəvə/ /ˈkɒsəvəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kosovo.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Kosovo.wav /ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/ /ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/

Word forms

Kosovo Kosova Kosov@ Kossovo

Etymology

Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (“blackbirds’ field”), from косово (kosovo), possessive form of кос (kos, “blackbird”), and поље (polje, “field”).

Related words

Kosovo and Metohia

Derived words

Kosovan Kosovar Kosovo and Metohija

Translations

Acehnese: Kosovo Afrikaans: Kosovo Albanian: Kosovë Albanian: Kosova Amharic: ኮሶቮ Arabic: كُوسُوفُو Arabic: قَوْصَوَة f or قُوصُوَّة Arabic: كوسوڤو Arabic: كوسوفو Aragonese: Kosovo Armenian: Կոսովո Aromanian: Cusovã Aromanian: Cusova Asturian: Kosovo Asturian: Kosovu Aymara: Kusuwu Azerbaijani: Kosovo Bashkir: Косово Basque: Kosovo Belarusian: Ко́сава Bengali: কসোভো Central Bikol: Kosobo Breton: Kosovo Bulgarian: Ко́сово Burmese: ကိုဆိုဗို Catalan: Kosovo Cebuano: Kosobo Cebuano: Kosovo Chechen: Косово Cherokee: ᎪᏗᏉ Chinese Cantonese: 科索沃 Chinese Mandarin: 科索沃 Chuvash: Косово East Circassian: Косово Cornish: Kosovo Crimean Tatar: Kosovo Czech: Kosovo Danish: Kosovo Dutch: Kosovo Esperanto: Kosovo Estonian: Kosovo Extremaduran: Cosovu Farefare: Kosovo Faroese: Kosovo Finnish: Kosovo French: Kosovo French: Cossovo North Frisian: Kosovo
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