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kosovo

UK/ˈkɒsəvə/US/ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/
nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Kosovo is a young Balkan country whose capital is Pristina. The road into Kosovo.

It declared independence in 2008 and is recognised by about half the world's states. Kosovo has one of the youngest populations anywhere in Europe.

Cradel (current version), earlier version by Ningyou · Public domain

Definitions of kosovo

  1. 1nounkosovoYoung Balkan country whose capital is Pristina.C1

    “Kosovo is landlocked and mountainous.”

kosovo is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Serbo-Croatian

    Косово поље — blackbirds’ field

  2. English

    Kosovo

  3. English, today

    kosovo

Built from

  • кос · Serbo-Croatian — blackbird
  • поље · Serbo-Croatian — field

Kosovo Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (“blackbirds’ field”), from косов, possessive form of кос (“blackbird”), and поље (“field”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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