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

Shortened form ofSerbo-CroatianКосовопоље(“blackbirds’ field”), fromкосово(kosovo), possessive form ofкос(kos,“blackbird”), andпоље(polje,“field”).

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈkɒsəvə/,/ˈkɒsəvəʊ/

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• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/

Kosovo

2. A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe. Official name:Republic of Kosovo. Capital and largest city:Pristina. Considered by theRepublic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces.
   • 1999 March 25, “Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia”, inThe 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 ofKosovo.

   • 2017,Freedom in the world,page657:

     After Milosevic’s overthrow in October 2000, international pressure on the new authorities in Belgrade to extradict Milosevic for alleged war crimes committed during theKosovo conflict was intense.

   • 2018 January 16, Milena Veselinovic and Sheena McKenzie, “Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic shot dead outside office”, inCNN‎^[2]:

     A prominentKosovo 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 theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast 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 theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast 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 theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

Kosovo

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

• IPA^(key):[ˈkosovo]

Kosovo n (relational adjectivekosovský,demonymKosovan)

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

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

Borrowed fromSerbo-CroatianКо̏сово/Kȍsovo.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɔ.soːˌvoː/

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• Hyphenation:Ko‧so‧vo

Kosovo n (adjectiveKosovaars,demonymKosovaar morKosovaarse f)

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

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

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der/das Kosovo m orn (proper noun,strong,usually definite,definite genitivedesKosovoordesKosovos)
Kosovo n (proper noun,genitiveKosovosor(optionally with an article)Kosovo)

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast 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 theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

• kosovaro

Kòsovo

1. genitivesingular ofKòsovas(“Kosovo”)

Il-Kosovo m

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

Unadapted borrowing fromSerbo-CroatianKȍsovo.

Kosovo m

1. Alternative form ofCosovo:Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

• kosovar

Kosovo n

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

• IPA^(key):/kôsoʋo/

• Hyphenation:Ko‧so‧vo

Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spellingКо̏сово)

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

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

Kosovo m

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

Kosovo n (genitiveKosovos)

1. Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on theBalkan Peninsula inSoutheast Europe)

• kosovan
• kosovansk
• kosovanska

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