proper noun

• An autonomous area in the Balkans, formerly a part of Yugoslavia; population 1,900,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Priština. It borders on Albania and the majority of the people are of Albanian descent. In 1998 Kosovo was attacked by Serbian forces intent on expelling the Albanian population; the aggression was halted by NATO bombing in 1999, and Kosovo was put under UN administration. In 2008 it declared itself independent.