# Kosovo
## English
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒsəvə/, /ˈkɒsəvəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/

### Proper noun

Kosovo
* 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, 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: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.
* One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.

#### Derived terms

* Kosovan
* Kosovar
* kosovar
* Kosovo and Metohija

#### See also

* Kosovo and Metohia

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* Kosovaar
* Kosovaars

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈsobo/ [koˈso.β̞o]

### Proper noun

Kosovo m
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* Cóssova
* Cóssovo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈko.su.βu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈko.so.vo]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Kosovo m
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

## Crimean Tatar
### Proper noun

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkosovo]

### Proper noun

Kosovo n (relational adjective kosovský, demonym Kosovan)
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.soːˌvoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ko‧so‧vo

### Proper noun

Kosovo n (adjective Kosovaars, demonym Kosovaar m or Kosovaarse f)
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

#### Related terms

* Kosovaar

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔsovo/, (rarer also) /ˈkɔzovo/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Declension

$^1$Optionally with an article.

#### Related terms

* Kosovare
* kosovarisch
* Kosovo-Albaner

## Italian
### Alternative forms

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.so.vo/, /koˈsɔ.vo/
* Rhymes: -ɔsovo, -ɔvo
* Hyphenation: Kò‧so‧vo, Ko‧sò‧vo

### Proper noun

Kosovo m
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

#### Derived terms

* kosovaro

### References

* ↑ Kossovo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

Kòsovo
* genitive singular of Kòsovas (“Kosovo”)

## Maltese
### Proper noun

Il-Kosovo m
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

### See also

* L-Albanija
* L-Andorra
* L-Armenja
* L-Awstrija
* L-Ażerbajġan
* Il-Belarussja
* Il-Belġju
* Il-Bożnija-Ħerzegovina
* Il-Bulgarija
* Iċ-Ċekja
* Ċipru
* Id-Danimarka
* L-Estonja
* Il-Finlandja
* Franza
* Il-Ġermanja
* Il-Georgia
* Il-Greċja
* L-Irlanda
* L-Italja
* L-Iżlanda
* Il-Każakistan
* Il-Kosovo
* Il-Kroazja
* Il-Latvja
* Il-Litwanja
* Il-Liechtenstein
* Il-Lussemburgu
* Il-Maċedonja ta’ Fuq
* Malta
* Il-Moldova
* Monaco
* Il-Montenegro
* In-Netherlands
* In-Norveġja
* Il-Polonja
* Il-Portugall
* Ir-Renju Unit
* Ir-Rumanija
* Ir-Russja
* San Marino
* Is-Santa Sede, L-Istat tal-Belt tal-Vatikan
* Is-Serbja
* Is-Slovakkja
* Is-Slovenja
* Spanja
* It-Turkija
* L-Ukrajna
* L-Ungerija
* L-Iżvezja
* L-Iżvizzera

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Kȍsovo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈzo.vu/, (proscribed) /ˈko.zo.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈzo.vu/, (proscribed) /ˈko.zo.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koˈzo.vo/, (proscribed) /ˈko.zo.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɔˈzo.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɔˈzo.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kɔˈzo.bu/ [kɔˈzo.βu]

### Proper noun

Kosovo m
* Alternative form of Cosovo: Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

#### Related terms

* kosovar

## Romanian
### Proper noun

Kosovo n
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kôsoʋo/
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.
* Hyphenation: Ko‧so‧vo

### Proper noun

Kȍsovo n (Cyrillic spelling Ко̏сово)
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈsobo/ [koˈso.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -obo
* Syllabification: Ko‧so‧vo

### Proper noun

Kosovo m
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

#### Derived terms

* kosovar

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Kosovo n (genitive Kosovos)
* Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

#### Related terms

* kosovan
* kosovansk
* kosovanska

### Further reading

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