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Kosova
Kosova
See also: Kosovā
Latvian
Kosova (Eiropā)
Kosovas karogs
Etymology
Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (Kosovo polje, “blackbirds’ field”), from косовa (kosova), possessive form of кос (kos, “blackbird”), and поље (polje, “field”), and made into a feminine 4th-declension noun in Latvian, probably following the Albanian form Kosova.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kosova f (4th declension)
- Kosovo (country in Central Europe, with Prishtina as its capital; the earlier Yugoslav and then later Serbian province of the same name, still regarded as such by Serbia)
- Kosovas karogs ― the flag of Kosovo
- Kosovas teritorija ― the territory of Kosovo
- šobrīd Kosovā ir 2,2 miljoni iedzīvotāju' ― currently there are 2.2 million inhabitants in Kosovo
Declension
Declension of Kosova (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Kosova | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | Kosovu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | Kosovas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | Kosovai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | Kosovu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | Kosovā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Kosova | — |
Synonyms
Related terms
- kosovietis m, kosoviete f
- kosovisks
See also
- former Yugoslav republics:
- (dated term) Dienvidslāvija: