a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians
"The United Nations declared Kosovo an autonomous province within Yugoslavia, acknowledging it as a region of Serbia and Montenegro where Albanians formed the majority population."
A partially recognised country in the Balkans, considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces.
"Kosovo remains a disputed territory that Serbia considers an autonomous province rather than an independent nation."
The name Kosovo is a shortened version of the Serbo-Croatian phrase "Kosovo polje," which literally means "blackbirds' field." It derives from the possessive form of the word for blackbird combined with the word for field.