ONLY ONE KOSOVO IS SERBIAN: There are over 50 places in Europe named after our province! (PHOTO)

There are over 50, mostly populated, larger places in Europe named Kosovo. Literally, every European country has a Kosovo.

However, the largest and most significant Kosovo (and Metohija) is located in the Balkans, in Serbia, albeit today under the UN protectorate and Resolution 1244.

It is certain that the southern Serbian province has the oldest name Kosovo in Europe.

PROČITAJTE VIŠE:

The first mention of Kosovo, according to Atanasije Urošević in his book “Kosovo”, published by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1965, dates back to the period before the Battle of Kosovo and is found in a copy of a charter, the original of which would date back to the time of Stefan Nemanja.

There, in determining which area should provide wheat for Nemanja’s endowment of Studenica, it says: “From Kosovo, wheat should come on St. Michael’s Day.”

Interestingly, the current name of this region, Kosovo, appears in written records only after the battle between the Serbian and Turkish armies on June 28, 1389.

After the Battle of Kosovo, the area of the present-day Kosovo field is constantly called Kosovo in both our, Turkish, and foreign records.

Foreigners, probably interpreting the locals, have explained the meaning of this name as coming from the name of the bird, the blackbird.