Kosovo
专有名词
英 /ˈkɒsəvə/|/ˈkɒsəvəʊ/
美 /ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/|/ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/
英文释义
专有名词
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A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Kosovo. Capital and largest city: Pristina. Considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces.
— Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo.
- One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.
词源
Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (“blackbirds’ field”), from косово (kosovo), possessive form of кос (kos, “blackbird”), and поље (polje, “field”).
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