Kosovo

kosovo Kósovó English thumb|Location of Kosovo (1) within the Balkans|250px thumb|Kosovo (2) district|250px Alternative forms en Kosova from Albanian en Kosov@ uncommon; blends the Slavic and Albanian spellings en Kossovo obsolete Etymology Shortened form of en sh Косово поље blackbirds’ field, Kosovo field, from sh косов косово kosovo, possessive form of sh кос blackbird kos, and sh поље field polje. Pronunciation en /ˈkɒsəvə/ /ˈkɒsəvəʊ/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kosovo.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Kosovo.wav UK en /ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/ /ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/ US Proper noun en Q1246en A partly-recognized <<country>> on the <<r/Balkan Peninsula>> in <<r/Southeastern Europe>> Pristina Republic of Kosovo. Considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces. en 1999-03-25 Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia w:The New York Times 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. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/25/opinion/air-campaign-against-yugoslavia.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250329130043/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/25/opinion/air-campaign-against-yugoslavia.html 29 March 2025 en Freedom in the world 2017 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. 657 https://archive.org/details/freedominworldan0000unse_q2j5/page/656/mode/2up?q=extradict en Milena Veselinovic and Sheena McKenzie Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic shot dead outside office w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/europe/kosovo-serb-politician-oliver-ivanovic-shot-dead-intl/index.html 2018-01-16 A prominent Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, was shot dead outside his party offices Tuesday morning, halting talks between Kosovar and Serb delegates that had been set to resume that day. https://web.archive.org/web/20250714162848/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/europe/kosovo-serb-politician-oliver-ivanovic-shot-dead-intl/index.html 14 July 2025 One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government. Usage notes Those that do not recognize the Republic of Kosovo may use the term Kosovo and Metohija. Derived terms en Kosovo and Metohija Kosovan Kosovar Kosovo field Translations disputed region in the Balkans Acehnese: ace Kosovo Afrikaans: af Kosovo Albanian: sq Kosovë f indefinite, sq Kosova f definite Amharic: am ኮሶቮ, am ኮሶቮ Arabic: ar كُوسُوفُو f, ar قَوْصَوَة f or ar قُوصُوَّة f Egyptian Arabic: arz كوسوڤو f kōsōvō Hijazi Arabic: acw كوسوڤو f kōsōvō, acw كوسوفو f kōsōfō Aragonese: an Kosovo m Armenian: hy Կոսովո Aromanian: rup Cusovã f indefinite, rup Cusova f definite Asturian: ast Kosovo m, ast Kosovu m Aymara: ay Kusuwu Azerbaijani: az Kosovo Bashkir: ba Косово Basque: eu Kosovo Belarusian: be Ко́сава n Bengali: bn কসোভো Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Kosobo Breton: br Kosovo Bulgarian: bg Ко́сово n Burmese: my ကိုဆိုဗို Catalan: ca Kosovo m Cebuano: ceb Kosobo, ceb Kosovo Chechen: ce Косово Cherokee: chr ᎪᏗᏉ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 科索沃 Mandarin: cmn 科索沃 Chuvash: cv Косово Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Косово Cornish: kw Kosovo Crimean Tatar: crh Kosovo Czech: cs Kosovo n Danish: da Kosovo n Dutch: nl Kosovo n Esperanto: eo Kosovo Estonian: et Kosovo Extremaduran: ext Cosovu Farefare: gur Kosovo Faroese: fo Kosovo Finnish: fi Kosovo French: fr Kosovo m, fr Cossovo m Frisian: North Frisian: frr Kosovo Saterland Frisian: stq Kosovo West Frisian: fy Kosovo Gagauz: gag Kosova Galician: gl Kosovo m Georgian: ka კოსოვო German: de Kosovo m n Bavarian: bar Kosovo Greek: el Κόσοβο n, el Κοσσυφοπέδιο n Blackbird Field Pontic Greek: pnt Κόσοβο Greenlandic: kl Kosovo Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Kosovo Hebrew: he קוֹסוֹבוֹ f kosovo Hindi: hi कोसोवो m Hungarian: hu Koszovó Icelandic: is Kósovó Ido: io Kosovo Indonesian: id Kosovo Interlingua: ia Kosovo Irish: ga an Chosaiv f, ga Cosaiv f Italian: it Kosovo m, it Kossovo m, it Cossovo m Japanese: ja コソボ Kosobo ja コソヴォ Kosovo Javanese: jv Kosovo Kabyle: kab Kosovo Kannada: kn ಕೊಸೊವೊ Kazakh: kk Косово Khmer: km កូសូវ៉ូ Korean: ko ^코소보, ko 꼬쏘보 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کۆسۆڤۆ Northern Kurdish: kmr Kosova Kyrgyz: ky Косово Lak: lbe Косова Lao: lo ໂກໂຊໂວ Latin: la Kosovia f Latvian: lv Kosova f Limburgish: li Kosovo Lithuanian: lt Kosovas m Luxembourgish: lb Kosovo Macedonian: mk Косово n Malay: ms Kosovo Malayalam: ml കൊസോവോ Maltese: mt Kosovo m, mt Kosova Manx: gv Kosovo Māori: mi Kotopo Marathi: mr कोसोव्हो Mazanderani: mzn کوزوو, mzn کوسوو Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Косово Nahuatl: nah Cosovo Nauruan: na Kosovo Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kosovo n Nynorsk: nn Kosovo n Occitan: oc Kosovë, oc Kosovo, oc Kosova Ossetian: os Косово Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Косово n Papiamentu: pap Kosovo Persian: Dari: prs کوسُوَا Iranian Persian: fa-ira کوسوو kosovo, fa-ira کوزوو kozovo Picard: pcd Kosovo Piedmontese: pms Kosovo m Polish: pl Kosowo n Portuguese: pt Cosovo m, pt Kosovo m Punjabi: pa ਕੋਸੋਵੋ Quechua: qu Kusuwu, qu Kosovo, qu Kosova Romanian: ro Kosovo Romansh: rm Cosovo Russian: ru Ко́сово n Rwanda-Rundi: rw Kosovo Samoan: sm Kosovo Sardinian: sc Kòssovu Scots: sco Kosovo Scottish Gaelic: gd Cosobho Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ко̏сово n Latin: sh Kȍsovo n Shona: sn Kosovo Sicilian: scn Kòssuvu m Silesian: szl Kosowo Sinhalese: si කොසෝවො Slovak: sk Kosovo n Slovene: sl Kosovo n Somali: so Kosofo Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Kosowo Upper Sorbian: hsb Kosowo Spanish: es Kosovo m Sranan Tongo: srn Kosovokondre Sundanese: su Kosovo Swahili: sw Kosovo Swedish: sv Kosovo n Tagalog: tl Kosovo Tajik: tg Косово Tamil: ta கொசோவோ Tatar: tt Косово Thai: th โคโซโว, th คอซอวอ Tibetan: bo ཁོ་སོ་ཝོ Turkish: tr Kosova Turkmen: tk Kosowo Ukrainian: uk Ко́сово n Urdu: ur کوسووُ m, ur کوسووَہ m Uyghur: ug كوسوۋو Uzbek: uz Kosovo Venetan: vec Kósovo, vec Cosovo, vec Kosovo Vietnamese: vi Cô-xô-vô Võro: vro Kosovo Waray-Waray: war Kosovo Welsh: cy Cosofo West Flemish: vls Kosovo Wolaytta: wal Kosovo Yakut: sah Косова Yiddish: yi קאָסאָוואָ Yoruba: yo Kósófò Zealandic: zea Kosovo See also en Kosovo and Metohia Afrikaans af: Proper noun af Kosovo Q1246 Pristina Related terms af Kosovaar af Kosovaars Asturian Pronunciation Proper noun m ast Kosovo Q1246 Catalan Alternative forms ca Cóssova ca Cóssovo Pronunciation [Kóss] ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Kosovo.wav Valencia Proper noun m ca Kosovo Q1246 Cornish kw: Flag of Kosovo.svg Baner Kosovo. Europe-Kosovo.svg Kosovo yn Europa. Alternative forms kw Kosova Etymology From kw en Kosovo. Pronunciation kw /ˈkɔsɔvɔ/ Proper noun kw propn kw Kosovo Q1246 Coordinate terms Related terms kw kosovek<t:Kosovar><pos:a> Mutation Crimean Tatar crh: قوسووو Qosovo Косово Kosovo Proper noun crh proper noun crh Kosovo Q1246 Czech cs: Pronunciation Proper noun n kosovský Kosovan cs Kosovo Q1246 Declension n.sg Further reading Danish da: Etymology da sh Ко̏сово Kȍsovo Pronunciation da da da Ko so vo Proper noun n da Kosovo Q1246 Declension da noun See also Dutch nl: Etymology nl sh Ко̏сово Kȍsovo. Pronunciation nl /ˈkɔ.soːˌvoː/ nl Nl-Kosovo.ogg nl Ko so vo Proper noun n Kosovaars Kosovaar Kosovaarse nl Kosovo Q1246 Related terms nl Kosovaar Estonian et: thumb|Kosovo asukoht Euroopas Etymology From et sh Ко̏сово//Kȍsovo. Pronunciation kossovo koossovo kosovo et osːovo oːsːovo osovo 3 et Ko so vo Proper noun Kosovo Kosovot et Kosovo Q1246 et lähen Kosovosse I'm going to Kosovo et olen Kosovos I am in Kosovo et tulen Kosovost I'm coming from Kosovo Declension Kosovo sg Hyponyms et Pejë//Peć Gjilan//Gnjilane Gjakovë//Đakovica Ferizaj//Uroševac Mitrovicë//Kosovska Mitrovica Prishtina~Priština Prizren Derived terms et nouns kosovlane See also References Finnish fi: Etymology From fi sh Ко̏сово Kȍsovo. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Kosovo Q1246 Declension sg Kosov o a Derived terms fi kosovolainen French fr: Pronunciation [s:ss] fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Kosovo.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Kosovo.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>) Proper noun m fr Kosovo Q1246 German de: Pronunciation de /ˈkɔsovo/ rarer also /ˈkɔzovo/ de De-Kosovo.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m:n,-:s.article toponym de Kosovo Q1246 Declension m:n,-:s.sg.article toponym Related terms de Kosovare de kosovarisch de Kosovo-Albaner Further reading de exonyms Indonesian id: Etymology id sh Ко̏сово Kȍsovo. Pronunciation Proper noun id Kosovo Q1246 Noun Kosovan Adjective Kosovan See also Italian it: Alternative forms it Kossovo Cossovo dated it Kosova f uncommon Pronunciation Kò[s]ovo,Ko[s]òvo<r:DiPI:Kossovo> Proper noun m it Kosovo Q1246 Derived terms it kosovaro References Lithuanian Pronunciation Kòso^vo Noun lt noun form Kòsovo lt Kòsovas gen s Kosovo Maltese mt: Proper noun proper noun Il-Kosovo m mt Kosovo Q1246 See also Norwegian Bokmål Kosovo,no:Kosovo thumb|Kosovo in Europe. Etymology nb sh Kosovo Kȍsovo, originally an ellipsis of Serbo-Croatian Kosovo polje (“Blackbird Field”). The element Kosovo is the neuter singular of a possessive adjective formed from sh kos blackbird with the possessive suffix sh -ov, agreeing with sh polje field. The name therefore literally means “blackbird's field”, or more idiomatically “field of blackbirds”. Compare the parallel borrowings da Kosovo, sv Kosovo, de Kosovo, nl Kosovo, fi Kosovo and cs Kosovo. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈkɔsːɔʋuː/ [ˈkɔ̂sːɔʋuː] nb ɔsːɔʋuː 3 nb Ko so vo Proper noun nb proper noun Kosovo; nb country r/Balkans cont/Europe, with Pristina as its capital. Usage notes The official long-form name is Republikken Kosovo (“the Republic of Kosovo”). Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Norway recognizes Kosovo as an independent country, while Serbia considers it part of Serbia; its international recognition is not universal. Derived terms nb kosover person from Kosovo, nb kosovisk of or relating to Kosovo nb kosovoalbaner Kosovo Albanian, nb kosovoalbansk Kosovo Albanian See also References “Kosovo”, Store norske leksikon. “Kosovo polje”, Store norske leksikon. Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor sh:Kȍsovo + 1 Pronunciation Cosôvo,Côsovo<q:proscribed> Còsôvo Proper noun m pt Cosovo: pt Kosovo Q1246 Related terms pt kosovar Romanian Proper noun n ro Kosovo Q1246 Serbo-Croatian sh:,sr:,bs:,hr: Pronunciation Kȍsovo sh sh Ko so vo Proper noun Kȍsovo n kȍsovskī Kȍsovac Kȍsōvka a microregion in the Balkans, comprising the Sitnica river basin, including the cities of Mitrovica, Kosovo Mitrovica, Podujevo, Priština and Ferizaj sh colloquial sh Kosovo i Metohija: sh Kosovo and Metohia Q1255 sh Kosovo Q1246 Declension Kosovo Kosova Kosovu Kosovo Kosovo Kosovu Kosovom Spanish es: Pronunciation Proper noun m es Kosovo Q1246 Derived terms es kosovar Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv /ˈkɔsʊvʊ/ Proper noun n sv Kosovo Q1246 Related terms sv kosovan sv kosovansk sv kosovanska See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Vietnamese vi Etymology Borrowed from vi en Kosovo. Proper noun vi Cô-xô-vô vi exonyms Wolaytta Proper noun m wal Kosovo Q1246 See also