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Kosovan, n. and a.
Brit. |ˈkɒsəv(ə)n|, U.S. |ˈkɔsəvən|, |ˈkɑsəvən|
[‹ Kosovo or Kosova, respectively the Serbian and Albanian forms of the name of the region (see Kosovar n. and adj.) + -an suffix.]
A. n. = Kosovar n.
a1969D. Heaton-Armstrong Six Month Kingdom (2005) xix. 108 From my window I could see the Kosovans advancing along the seashore with a huge Albanian flag. 1990Times 4 July 15/1 His ambitions have united Croatians, Slovenians, Kosovans and now Macedonians against the ‘centre’ in Belgrade. 1994Newsday (Electronic ed.) 12 Dec. 90 percent of Kosovans are ethnic Albanians or non-practicing Muslims. 1999Mirror (Electronic ed.) 27 Mar. Britain cannot leave Kosovans to their fate without betraying all this country stands for, Tony Blair declared last night.
B. adj. = Kosovar adj.
a1969D. Heaton-Armstrong Six Month Kingdom (2005) xxiv. 135 During that evening a Kosovan man went off his head, barricaded himself into a house behind the palace and threatened all passers-by with his rifle. 1981Orbis 25 369 A high-ranking Kosovan Serb went so far as to claim in 1978 that ‘interethnic relations..are stable as never before’. 1989H. Lydall Yugoslavia in Crisis (BNC) 203 In view of the depressed state of the Kosovan economy and the high rates of unemployment, it is scarcely surprising that there is continual emigration of Serbs and Montenegrins from the province (and presumably also of Albanians, although no one bothers to record that aspect). 1994Domes (Electronic ed.) 30 June Their [sc. the new Russian chauvinists'] attitude to the Bosnian and Kosovan Muslims. 2001Independent on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 14 Jan. Kosovan Albanians, who have had to live with the debris of some of the 31,000 rounds of DU ammunition fired by US warplanes during the conflict. |