Kosovo

Ko·so·vo  (kôs-v, k-)

A republic of the western Balkan Peninsula. Settled by Slavs around 600, the area was under Turkish rule from 1389 to 1913 and became part of Yugoslavia after World War I. An autonomous region of Serbia after 1946, Kosovo lost much of its autonomy in 1990, leading to ethnic violence between Kosovo's Albanian and Serb populations. Intervention by NATO and the United Nations reestablished peace in 1999. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence; however, its sovereignty was not universally recognized at that time. Pritina is the capital and largest city. Population: 2,200,000.

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Koso·var (-vär) adj. & n.

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Kosovo (Serbo-Croat) [ˈkɔsɔvɔ]

n

(Placename) an autonomous province of Serbia and Montenegro, in SW Serbia: chiefly Albanian in population since the 13th century, it declared independence in 1990; Serb suppression of separatists escalated to a policy of ethnic cleansing in 1998, provoking NATO airstrikes against Serbia in 1999: now under UN administration: mainly a plateau. Capital: Priština. Pop.: 2 227 742 (1997 est.). Area: 10 887 sq. km (4203 sq. miles) Full name Kosovo-Metohija (Serbo-Croat) [ˈkɔsɔvɔmɛˌtɔhija]

Thesaurus

Noun

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Kosovo - a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians Serbia, Srbija - a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries

Translations

Kosovo [ˈkɒsəvəʊ] n → Kosovo m

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Kosovo

n → Kosovo nt

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Kosovo → كوسوفو Kosovo Kosovo Kosovo Κόσοβο Kosovo Kosovo Kosovo Kosovo Kosovo コソボ 코소보 Kosovo Kosovo Kosowo Kosovo Косово Kosovo ประเทศคอสโซโว Kosova nước Kosovo 科索沃