Kosovo

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

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒsəvə/, /ˈkɒsəvəʊ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/, /ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/

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.

• Kosovo and Metohia

Kosovo

1. Kosovo (a partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; capital and largest city: Pristina)

• Kosovaar
• Kosovaars

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

Kosovo m

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

• Cóssova
• Cóssovo

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈko.su.βu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈko.so.vo]

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Kosovo m

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

• Kosova

From English Kosovo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsɔvɔ/

Kosovo

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

Kosovo

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosovo]

Kosovo n (relational adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)

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

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

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.soːˌvoː/

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• Hyphenation: Ko‧so‧vo

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

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

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

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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)

• Kosovare
• kosovarisch
• Kosovo-Albaner

• Kossovo, Cossovo (dated)
• Kosova f (uncommon)

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

Kosovo m

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

• kosovaro

Kòsovo

1. genitive singular of Kòsovas (“Kosovo”)

Il-Kosovo m

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

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

Kosovo m

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

• kosovar

Kosovo n

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

• IPA^(key): /kôsoʋo/

• Hyphenation: Ko‧so‧vo

Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)

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

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

Kosovo m

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsʊvʊ/

Kosovo n (genitive Kosovos)

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

• kosovan
• kosovansk
• kosovanska

• Kosovo in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH