Kosovo
/ˈkɒsəvə/US/ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/
Kosovo proper noun: a partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern 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.
Proper noun
Kosovo
- A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern 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.
- 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.1999 March 25, “Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia”, in The New York Times, New York
- 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.2017, Freedom in the world, page 657
- One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.
Kosovo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Kosovo in Hindi
- disputed region in the Balkans
- कोसोवो kosovo
Kosovo in Tamil
- disputed region in the Balkans
- கொசோவோ kocōvō
Kosovo in Marathi
- disputed region in the Balkans
- कोसोव्हो kosovho
Kosovo in Urdu
- disputed region in the Balkans
- کوسووُ kosovu, کوسووَہ kosova
More languagesFewer languages
- Kosovo in Bengali
- কসোভো kośōbhō
- Kosovo in Malayalam
- കൊസോവോ kosōvō
- Kosovo in Kannada
- ಕೊಸೊವೊ kosovo
- Kosovo in Punjabi
- ਕੋਸੋਵੋ kosovo
- Kosovo in Sinhala
- කොසෝවො kosōwo
- Kosovo in Tagalog
- Kosovo
- Kosovo in Arabic
- كُوسُوفُو kūsūfū, قَوْصَوَة f or قُوصُوَّة qawṣawa
- Kosovo in Malay
- Kosovo
- Kosovo in Indonesian
- Kosovo
- Kosovo in Thai
- โคโซโว koo-soo-woo, คอซอวอ kɔɔ-sɔɔ-wɔɔ
- Kosovo in Vietnamese
- Cô-xô-vô
- Kosovo in Myanmar
- ကိုဆိုဗို kuihcuibui
Forms of Kosovo
| alternative form | Kosova |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Kosov@ |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Kossovo |
Origin of Kosovo
Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (“blackbirds’ field”), from косово (kosovo), possessive form of кос (kos, “blackbird”), and поље (polje, “field”).
Words formed from Kosovo
Phrases with Kosovo
Questions about Kosovo
- What does Kosovo mean?
- Kosovo means a partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern 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.
- What is Kosovo in Hindi?
- Kosovo in Hindi is कोसोवो (kosovo). See Kosovo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kosovo?
- Kosovo is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Kosovo?
- Kosovo is pronounced /ˈkɒsəvə/ (UK).
Words near Kosovo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Kosovo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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