Kosovo

See also: kosovo

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒsəvə/, /ˈkɒsəvəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/

Proper noun

Kosovo

  1. A disputed region in the Balkans, 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.
  3. The Republic of Kosovo, a country in the Balkans.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Asturian

Proper noun

Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (disputed region in the Balkans)

Catalan

Proper noun

Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo

Czech

Proper noun

Kosovo n

  1. Kosovo

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Kosovo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

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

Proper noun

Kosovo ?

  1. Kosovo

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔsovo/

Proper noun

Kosovo n or m (genitive Kosovos)

  1. Kosovo

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔs(ː)ovo/

Proper noun

Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo

Derived terms

Maltese

Proper noun

Il-Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ˈzo.vu/, /ˈko.zo.vu/

Proper noun

Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (a breakaway state within Serbia)

Serbo-Croatian

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

Proper noun

Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)

  1. Kosovo

Declension
Declension of Kosovo
singular
nominative Kosovo
genitive Kosova
dative Kosovu
accusative Kosovo
vocative Kosovo
locative Kosovu
instrumental Kosovom

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈsobo/, [koˈsoβo]
  • Hyphenation: Ko‧so‧vo

Proper noun

Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (disputed region in the Balkans)

Derived terms
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