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Kosovo, [a] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. ... Mean monthly temperature ranges between 0 ...
Kosovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Косово) is the Serbian neuter possessive adjective of kos (кос), meaning "blackbird"; -ovo being an adjectival suffix – it is short for the region named the "field of the blackbird" (Serbian: Kosovo polje), the Kosovo Field, the site of the 1389 battle between a coalition led by Serbian Prince Lazar and the ...
This was when Kosovo was used as the name of the entire territory for the first time, [78] a derivation from the Serbian word "Kos" (which means black bird). [79] It is shortened from Kosovo Polje meaning "Field of the Blackbirds", [80] where the Battle of Kosovo of 1389 was fought.
Map of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Serbian: Косово и Метохиja, romanized: Kosovo i Metohija; Albanian: Kosova dhe Metohia), commonly known as Kosovo (Serbian: Косово; Albanian: Kosova) and abbreviated to Kosmet (from Kosovo and Metohija; Serbian: Космет) or KiM (Serbian: КиМ), is an autonomous ...
Kosovars are citizens of Kosovo. Kosovar or Kosovan may also refer to: Something of, from, or related to Kosovo; A Kosovo Albanian, ethnic Albanian from Kosovo; Kosovan people, or of Kosovan descent; Kosovar Chess Championship, founded in 1990; Kosovar culture, culture of Kosovo; Kosovar cuisine, cuisine of Kosovo
Kosovo Albanians speak the largest subgroup of the Albanian language, called Gheg. Culturally, Albanians in Kosovo are very closely related to Albanians in Albania. Traditions and customs differ even from town to town in Kosovo itself. The spoken dialect is Gheg, typical of northern Albanians.
Kosovo’s recent decision to ban ethnic Serbs from using the Serbian currency — the dinar — locally has increased tensions and is threatening to cause chaos. The dinar is widely used in ...
Republic of Kosovo Use National flag Proportion 5:7 (1:1.4 by law) Adopted 17 February 2008 ; 16 years ago (2008-02-17) Design A blue field charged with a map of Kosovo in gold, surmounted by an arc of six white five-pointed stars Designed by Muhamer Ibrahimi The flag of the Republic of Kosovo [a] was adopted by the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo immediately following the unilateral ...