See also: kosovo

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

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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Kosovo

  1. 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.
  2. One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.

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Kosovo

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

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /koˈsobo/, [koˈso.β̞o]

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Kosovo m

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

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  • Cóssova
  • Cóssovo

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Kosovo m

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

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Kosovo

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

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Kosovo n (related adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)

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

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Further reading edit

  • Kosovo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Kosovo in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation edit

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

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Kosovo n

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

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 Kosovo on German Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

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

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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)

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Kosovo m

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

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References edit

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

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Kòsovo

  1. genitive singular of Kòsovas (Kosovo)

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Il-Kosovo m

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

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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

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

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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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Kosovo n

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

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

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Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)

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

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  • IPA(key): /koˈsobo/ [koˈso.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: Ko‧so‧vo

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Kosovo m

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

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