Kosovo

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Location of Kosovo (1) within the Balkans
Kosovo (2) district

Alternative forms[edit]

  • 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/

Proper noun[edit]

Kosovo

  1. The Republic of Kosovo, a partially recognised country in the Balkans, 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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Afrikaans[edit]

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Kosovo

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe; capital: Pristina)

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Asturian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /koˈsobo/, [koˈso.β̞o]

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Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

Catalan[edit]

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Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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Kosovo n (related adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe; capital: Pristina)

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Further reading[edit]

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

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Kosovo n

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

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German[edit]

 Kosovo on German Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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 (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

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Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

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References[edit]

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

Maltese[edit]

Maltese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Il-Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (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

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Romanian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Kosovo n

  1. Kosovo

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

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Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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

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Kosovo m

  1. Kosovo (partly-recognized country in Southeast Europe)

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