Kosovo Definition

kôsə-vō, kō-
pronoun

A disputed region in the Balkans, considered by Serbia as one of its two autonomous provinces.

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One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.
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The Republic of Kosovo, a country in the Balkans.
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Origin of Kosovo

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

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Kosovo Sentence Examples

  • Yugoslavia's relations with Albania, though simplified by this decision, have been affected by the Albanian counterclaim to Pee, Djakovo and the plain of Kosovo, where since the middle of last century the Albanian element had grown steadily stronger at the expense of the Serbs.

  • On June 28 (Kosovo Day) the Prince Regent took oath to the new constitution, but the ceremony was marred by an attempt to assassinate him and the premier, by a bomb thrown as they drove back to the palace.

  • It was in Krushevats that the last Servian tsar, Lazar, assembled his army to march against the Turks, and lose his empire, at Kosovo, in 1389.

  • The area was divided into Albania (now Albania and Kosovo), Macedonia (now in Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece) and Thrace (now divided among Greece and Turkey).

  • Meantime, the conquest of the Sanjak of Novibazar and of northern Kosovo had been practically completed.

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Words Starting With

KKOKOS

Words Ending With

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