Kosov@
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of Kosova (Albanian form) + Kosovo (Slavic form), with the final a/o replaced with @, which resembles both letters. Compare similar usage of @ in Spanish.
Proper noun[edit]
Kosov@
- (uncommon) Kosovo.
- 2001, Antonia Young, Women Who Become Men: Albanian Sworn Virgins, page 62:
- near Prizren in Kosov@
- 2006, Altin Ilirjani, Arolda Elbasani, Ridvan Peshkopia, Albanian Journal of Politics, page 63:
- At that time Shkoder was a centre of intellectual life whose writers interacted constantly with those of Prizren in Kosov@, than with the rest of Albania […]
Usage notes[edit]
- Used to avoid favoring either the Slavic or the Albanian form of the name.