Indeed. "Kosovo" is a Serbian word for "of a blackbird" (i.e. a genitive declension of the word "kos", a "blackbird"), and by itself, doesn't make much sense. The full name is "Kosovo polje" meaning "Field of a Blackbird", or more simply "Blackbird's Field" (or maybe a 'plateau' or 'upland' because that's what it is).
Thu, 21 Feb 2008