kosovo

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Definition of kosovo in English Turkish dictionary

Related Terms

kosovo force

(Politika, Siyaset) kosova barış gücü

kosovo issue

(Politika, Siyaset) kosova sorunu

kosovo liberation army

(Askeri) kosova kurtuluş ordusu

English - English

Definition of kosovo in English English dictionary

One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government

A disputed region in the Balkans, governed by the partially-recognised Republic of Kosovo. Considered a part of Serbia by the Serbian government (under the name of Kosovo i Metohija) and a number of other countries

{i} region in southern Serbia that has been under United Nations administration since 1999

an area in southern Serbia, where people of Albanian origin wanted independence. Many Albanians were killed in Kosovo in fights with Serb forces in the 1990s. Albanian Kosova Geographic region (pop., 2001 est.: 2,325,000) within the republic of Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro. It occupies an area of 4,203 sq mi (10,887 sq km); its capital is Pritina. Before 1999, ethnic Albanians, most of whom are Muslims, made up nine-tenths of its population, with Serbs (mostly Christian) accounting for the remainder. Kosovo was an autonomous region until 1989, when Serbia took control of Kosovo's administration, prompting protests from the region's Albanian population, and in 1992 they voted to secede from Yugoslavia. Serbia responded by tightening its control of Kosovo, which led to the Kosovo conflict. From 1999 the region was administered by the UN

A country in the Balkans, fully named Republic of Kosovo, with capital city Priština

A former region of the Republic of Serbia

a Serbian province in southern Yugoslavia populated predominantly by Albanians

{i} Kosova

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Kosovo and Metohia

An autonomous province of Serbia

Kosovo Liberation Army

guerrilla group composed of Kosovo Albanians who are fighting for the liberation of Kosovo from Yugoslavian control, KLA

Kosovo conflict

(1998-99) Ethnic war in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. In 1989 the Serbian president, Slobodan Miloevi, abrogated the constitutional autonomy of Kosovo. He and the minority of Serbs in Kosovo had long bristled at the fact that Muslim Albanians were in demographic control of an area considered sacred to Serbs (Kosovo was the seat of the Serbian Orthodox church, the inspiration for Serbian epic poetry, and the site of the Turkish defeat of the Serbs in 1389 and Serbian victory over the Turks in 1912). In response, the Albanian Kosovars began a campaign of nonviolent resistance. Growing tensions led in 1998 to armed clashes between Serbs and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which had begun killing Serbian police and politicians. The Contact Group (U.S., Britain, Germany, France, Italy, and Russia) demanded a cease-fire, the unconditional withdrawal of Serbian forces, the return of refugees, and unlimited access for international monitors. Although Miloevi agreed to meet most of the demands, he failed to implement them. The KLA regrouped and rearmed during the cease-fire and renewed its offensive. The Serbs responded with a ruthless counteroffensive, inducing the UN Security Council to condemn the Serbs' excessive use of force, including ethnic cleansing (killing and expulsion), and to impose an arms embargo, but the violence continued. After diplomatic negotiations at Rambouillet, France, broke down, Serbia renewed its assault, and NATO responded with an 11-week bombing campaign that extended to Belgrade, accidentally destroyed the Chinese embassy, and significantly damaged Serbia's infrastructure. The bombing was halted after NATO and Yugoslavia signed an accord in June 1999 outlining Serbian troop withdrawal and the return of nearly 1,000,000 ethnic Albanian refugees as well as 500,000 displaced within the province; there were sporadic reprisals again Serbs who remained in Kosovo

Battle of Kosovo

Either of two battles fought in the Serbian province of Kosovo. The first (June 13, 1389), between the Serbs under Prince Lazar and the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Murad I, ended despite Murad's death in the defeat of Serbia and the encirclement of the crumbling Byzantine Empire by Ottoman armies. The battle, which led to three centuries of Serbian vassalage, has remained a central event in Serbian history. In the second battle (Oct. 17-20, 1448), between the Ottomans led by Murad II and a Hungarian-Walachian coalition under Hunyadi János, halted the last major effort by Christian Crusaders to free the Balkans from Ottoman rule

Turkish pronunciation

kōsōvō

Pronunciation

/ˈkōsōˌvō/ /ˈkoʊsoʊˌvoʊ/

Etymology

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