Kosovo
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- proper noun
- /ˈkoʊsəvoʊ/
- The recent peace accord for Kosovo has done little to reassure Armatta about the region's future.
- Albanians in Kosovo
- Kosovo and Serbia
- Kosovo war
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- How would you explain your Kosovo tour in a few words?
- So I was, I was in Mitraviza, which is this area in Kosovo.
- And his DNA led him to Albania and then from Albania to Kosovo.
- I had an interview at the police station in Kosovo and they wanted to know what had happened.
- And, yeah, I'm going hiking in the Albanian northwestern corridor that's right up next to Kosovo.
- And when I look back, even at the Kosovo war, you know, it's just like, who really won?
- And so I looked at, I looked at a newspaper, the USA TODAY, and it said that President Clinton is putting boots on the ground in Kosovo.
- So we went to Kosovo, where is Kosovo?
- So it was leftover Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia.
- So it'd be, it was right after I was in Kosovo.
- We refuge from the war in Kosovo.
- But mostly in in Kosovo and Montenegro, you find these these communities.
- And I mean, when I first, the last war I covered was Kosovo.
- close the the Russians, close allies, the Serbs in order to break off Kosovo.
- And one of my trips to Kosovo, I had a Kosovo driver, meaning he was, he was Muslim, a Kosovar driver.
- Because I got out after Kosovo and I got out for eight months and fucking hated it.
Examples
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During my trip, I visited Kosovo, a country known for its stunning landscapes and rich history.
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I had an interview at the police station in Kosovo and they wanted to know what had happened.
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I was in Kosovo with my regiment.
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In April 1999, during the Kosovo War, the House refused to vote to support the bombing.
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Fatima, a new student from Kosovo, part of a country in Eastern Europe.
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Do you know that the day Columbine happened, the United States dropped more bombs on Kosovo than any other time during that war?
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So weirdly, Spain doesn't recognize Kosovo because they have independence movements in Catalonia.
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Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, making it a significant location in European politics.
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The capital of Kosovo is Pristina, where many international organizations have established their offices.
Synonyms
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A partly recognized country in southeast Europe that declared independence from Serbia in 2008, with capital Pristina
Compounds
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A partly recognized country in southeast Europe that declared independence from Serbia in 2008, with capital Pristina
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kosovo comes from the old Slavic word kos meaning 'blackbird' plus -ovo showing 'belonging to', and it originally named the plain Kosovo Polje, which means 'blackbird field'. So the country's name comes from that place and the famous battle fought there.