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Kosovo

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English

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

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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

  2. 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.
    • 2018 January 16, Milena Veselinovic and Sheena McKenzie, “Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic shot dead outside office”, in CNN‎[2]:
      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.
  3. One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.

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Afrikaans

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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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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 (relational adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)

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

Declension

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Declension of Kosovo (sg-only hard neuter)
singular
nominative Kosovo
genitive Kosova
dative Kosovu
accusative Kosovo
vocative Kosovo
locative Kosovu
instrumental Kosovem

Further reading

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  • “Kosovo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “Kosovo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

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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)
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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)

Declension

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Declension of Kosovo [sg-only, masculine // neuter, strong]
singular
def. noun
nominative der, das Kosovo
genitive des Kosovo, Kosovos
dative dem Kosovo
accusative den, das Kosovo
Declension of Kosovo [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Kosovo
genitive des Kosovos, Kosovo1
dative dem Kosovo
accusative das Kosovo

1Optionally with an article.

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Italian

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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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Noun

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Kòsovo

  1. genitive singular of Kòsovas (“Kosovo”)

Maltese

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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)

See also

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countries in Europe: pajjiżi ta’ Ewropa (appendix)edit

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

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

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  • 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)

Declension

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

Spanish

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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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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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Further reading

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