Editing Kosovo (section)

== Etymology ==
{{Main|Names of Kosovo}}

The name ''Kosovo'' is of [[South Slavic languages|South Slavic]] origin. {{lang|sr-Latn|Kosovo}} ({{lang|sr-Cyrl|Косово}}) is the [[Serbian language|Serbian]] neuter possessive adjective of {{lang|sr-Latn|kos}} ({{lang|sr-Cyrl|кос}}), '[[Common blackbird|blackbird]]',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Judah |first1=Tim |title=Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-537345-5 |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGwSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 |access-date=15 August 2023 |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815174228/https://books.google.com/books?id=UGwSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Manić |editor1-first=Emilija |editor2-last=Nikitović |editor2-first=Vladimir |editor3-last=Djurović |editor3-first=Predrag |title=The Geography of Serbia: Nature, People, Economy |date=2021 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-030-74701-5 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPJQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47 |access-date=15 August 2023 |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815174228/https://books.google.com/books?id=BPJQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47 |url-status=live }}</ref> an [[ellipsis (linguistics)|ellipsis]] for {{lang|sr-Latn|Kosovo Polje}}, 'Blackbird Field', the name of [[Kosovo field|a karst field]] situated in the eastern half of today's Kosovo and the site of the 1389 [[Battle of Kosovo Field]].<ref name="Everett-Heath2000">{{cite book |author=J. Everett-Heath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uK2HDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA373 |title=Place Names of the World – Europe: Historical Context, Meanings and Changes |date=1 August 2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-0-230-28673-3 |pages=373– |access-date=13 August 2023 |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930143730/https://books.google.com/books?id=uK2HDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA373#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> The name of the karst field was for the first time applied to a wider area when the [[Kosovo vilayet|Ottoman Vilayet of Kosovo]] was created in 1877.

The entire territory that corresponds to today's country is commonly referred to in English simply as ''Kosovo'' and in [[Albanian language|Albanian]] as {{lang|sq|Kosova}} ([[Albanian grammar|definite form]]) or {{lang|sq|Kosovë}} (indefinite form, {{IPA|sq|kɔˈsɔvə|pron}}). In Serbia, a formal distinction is made between the eastern and western areas of the country; the term {{lang|sr-Latn|Kosovo}} ({{lang|sr-Cyrl|Косово}}) is used for the eastern part of Kosovo centred on the historical [[Kosovo field (region)|Kosovo Field]], while the western part of the territory of Kosovo is called ''[[Metohija]]'' ({{Langx|sq|Dukagjin|links=no}}). Thus, in Serbian the entire area of Kosovo is referred to as ''Kosovo and Metohija''.<ref name="constitution-serbia">{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.gov.rs/content/eng/akta/ustav/ustav_ceo.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127021637/http://www.parlament.gov.rs/content/eng/akta/ustav/ustav_ceo.asp|archive-date=27 November 2010 |title=Constitution of the Republic of Serbia |publisher=Parlament.gov.rs |access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref>

Dukagjini or Dukagjini plateau (Albanian: 'Rrafshi i Dukagjinit') is an alternative name for Western Kosovo, having been in use since the 15th–16th century as part of the [[Sanjak]] of [[Sanjak of İpek|Dukakin]] with its capital [[Peja]], and is named after the medieval Albanian [[Dukagjini family]].<ref name="Drançolli">{{cite web |last1=Drançolli |first1=Jahja |title=Illyrian-Albanian Continuity the Areal of Kosova |url=https://www.academia.edu/9304559 |website=academia.edu |access-date=11 February 2024 |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120230138/https://www.academia.edu/9304559 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Modern usage ===

Some Albanians also prefer to refer to Kosovo as [[Kingdom of Dardania|''Dardania'']], the name of an ancient kingdom and later [[Dardania (Roman province)|Roman province]], which covered the territory of modern-day Kosovo. The name is derived from the ancient tribe of the ''[[Dardani]]'', which is considered be related to the Proto-Albanian term ''dardā'', which means "pear" (Modern Albanian: {{Lang|sq|dardhë}}).<ref name="Everett-Heath2000" /><ref>Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p. 56</ref> The former Kosovo President [[Ibrahim Rugova]] had been an enthusiastic backer of a "Dardanian" identity, and the Kosovar presidential flag and seal refer to this national identity. However, the name "Kosova" remains more widely used among the Albanian population. The flag of Dardania remains in use as the official [[President of Kosovo|Presidential seal and standard]] and is heavily featured in the institution of the presidency of the country.

The official conventional long name, as defined by the [[Constitution of Kosovo|constitution]], is ''Republic of Kosovo''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kosovo's Constitution of 2008 (with Amendments through 2016) |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kosovo_2016.pdf |via=constituteproject.org |access-date=2 November 2019 |archive-date=2 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102154102/https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kosovo_2016.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, as a result of an [[Belgrade–Pristina negotiations|arrangement agreed between Pristina and Belgrade]] in talks mediated by the European Union, Kosovo has participated in some international forums and organisations under the title "Kosovo*" with a footnote stating, "This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence". This arrangement, which has been dubbed the "asterisk agreement", was agreed in an 11-point arrangement on 24 February 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Agreement on regional representation of Kosovo|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/insight/pressroom.php?yyyy=2012&mm=02&nav_id=78973|access-date=11 November 2014|publisher=B92|date=25 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111162752/http://www.b92.net/eng/insight/pressroom.php?yyyy=2012&mm=02&nav_id=78973|archive-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>