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Kosovo is a widely used place name in Slavic countries, stemming from the word kos, which means blackbird.

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• Kosovo is the name for the United Nations-administered, autonomous province of Serbia, which Serbs call Kosovo and Metohija and Albanians call Kosova.

• • Kosovo Plain is a region in aforementioned province, after which it is partly named.
  • Kossovo Vilayet a former prefecture of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Kosovo Field (Serbian: Kosovo Polje; Albanian: Fushë Kosovë) is a battlefield in the aforementioned region, site of the Battle of Kosovo.
  • Kosovo District, a former district of Serbia
  • Kosovo-Pomoravlje District, a former district of Serbia
  • Kosovo Polje (Albanian: Fushë Kosovë), a city in the province, built near aforementioned battlefield (field of blackbirds).
  • Battle of Kosovo of 1389
  • Battle of Kosovo (1448)
  • Kosovo War
  • Kosovo (song), a parody of the hit Beach Boys song "Kokomo," which criticises the Legitimacy of NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
• places in Belarus
  • Kosovo, Belarus
• places in Russia
  • Kosovo, Vologda Oblast
  • Kosovo, Novgorod Oblast
  • Kosovo, Tver Oblast
  • Kosovo, Kaluga Oblast
• places in Bulgaria
  • Kosovo, Vidin Province
  • Kosovo, Kyustendil Province
  • Kosovo, Plovdiv Province
  • Kosovo, Shumen Province
• places in Republic of Macedonia
  • Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia
• Dalmatinsko Kosovo, a place in the Croatian region of Dalmatia, named after the region of Kosovo
• Gorsko Kosovo, a place in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
• Polsko Kosovo, a place in Ruse Province, Bulgaria

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• Kosova is the Albanian name for Kosovo.
• Kosova, Estonia
• Kosova, Slovakia
• Kosova, Turkey
• Kosova, Belarus

Unrelated to the root kos there are also:

• Bantu Kosova, people in Kenya who are also known as the Gusii.

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The root kos also appears in many other geonyms and names, including:

• Kosiv, a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
• Kosov
  • Kosov, a place in Slovakia
• Kosovets
• Kosovka
  • Kosovka, a place in Minsk Voblast, Belarus.
  • Kosivka, a village in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
  • Kosivka, a village in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.
  • Kosovka, a river in Russia.
  • Kosovka Devojka
• Kosovoy
• Kosovska Mitrovica
• Kosovska Mitrovica District, a district of Serbia
• Kosovska River
• Kosovskaya Field
• Kosovskiy Rayon
• Kosovskoye Lake

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