Kosovo

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English

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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

Proper noun

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Kosovo

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

Asturian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kosovo m

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

Catalan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kosovo m

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

Crimean Tatar

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Proper noun

Kosovo

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

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kosovo n (related adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)

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

Declension

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

Further reading

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

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kosovo n (adjective Kosovaars, demonym Kosovaar m or Kosovaarse f)

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

German

 Kosovo on German Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔsovo/, (rarer also) /ˈkɔzovo/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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

Declension of Kosovo
singular
def. noun
nominative der, das Kosovo
genitive des Kosovo, Kosovos
dative dem Kosovo
accusative den, das Kosovo
Declension of Kosovo
singular
def. noun
nominative das Kosovo
genitive des Kosovos, Kosovo1
dative dem Kosovo
accusative das Kosovo

1Optionally with an article.

Italian

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.so.vo/, /koˈsɔ.vo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsovo, -ɔvo
  • Hyphenation: Kò‧so‧vo, Ko‧sò‧vo

Proper noun

Kosovo m

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kossovo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kòsovo

  1. genitive singular of Kòsovas (“Kosovo”)

Maltese

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Proper noun

Il-Kosovo m

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kosovo m

  1. Alternative form of Cosovo: Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Romanian

Proper noun

Kosovo n

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

Serbo-Croatian

Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)

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

Declension

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈsobo/
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: Ko‧so‧vo

Proper noun

Kosovo m

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

Derived terms

Swedish

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Proper noun

Kosovo n (genitive Kosovos)

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

Further reading

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