indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Country
Usage Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Indonesian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Ukrainian
Scripts Косово(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian) კოსოვო(Georgian)
Pronounced Pron. KAW-saw-vaw(Czech) KAW-so-vo(Dutch, German) KAWS-ə-vo(English) KAW-SAW-VAW(Georgian) KO-sə-və(Russian) KO-so-vo(Serbian) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
From Albanian Kosova or Kosovë, which is derived from Serbian кос (kos) meaning "blackbird", an ellipsis of Косово Поље (Kosovo Polje) meaning "blackbird field". This is the name of a partially recognized state with a disputed territory in Southeastern Europe.