Kosova

See also: Kosovā

English

Etymology

From the Albanian form, Kosova.

Proper noun

Kosova

  1. Alternative form of Kosovo

Albanian

Proper noun

Kosova f

  1. definite nominative of Kosovë

Latvian

Kosova (Eiropā)
Kosovas karogs

Etymology

Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (Kosovo polje, blackbirds’ field), from косовa (kosova), possessive form of кос (kos, blackbird), and поље (polje, field), and made into a feminine 4th-declension noun in Latvian, probably following the Albanian form Kosova.

Pronunciation

(file)

Proper noun

Kosova f (4th declension)

  1. Kosovo (country in Central Europe, with Prishtina as its capital; the earlier Yugoslav and then later Serbian province of the same name, still regarded as such by Serbia)
    Kosovas karogsthe flag of Kosovo
    Kosovas teritorijathe territory of Kosovo
    šobrīd Kosovā ir 2,2 miljoni iedzīvotāju'currently there are 2.2 million inhabitants in Kosovo

Declension

Synonyms

See also

former Yugoslav republics:
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