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ID: 6003172
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6003172
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fushë Kosovë (inhabited place)  Fushë Kosovë (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.6167  decimal degrees
Long: 021 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 21.0833  decimal degrees

Note: Located in central area of republic; first occupied by Slavs in 7th cen.; taken by Serbia in 12th cen.; important battlefield site for Balkan history in which Serbs, Albanians & Bosnians were defeated by Turks, thus Serbian Empire destroyed in 1389.

Names:
Fushë Kosovë (preferred,C,V)
Kosovo Polje (C,V)
Kosovo (C,O)
Kossovo (C,O)
Amselfeld (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Kosovo (independent nation)  ........  Kosovo (independent nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Fushë Kosovë (municipality)  ............  Fushë Kosovë (municipality) (P)
Hierarchy of Fushë Kosovë (inhabited place)  ................  Fushë Kosovë (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient settlement
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Amselfeld..........  [VP]
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
Fushë Kosovë..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 10 April 2015
Kosovo..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 626
Kosovo Polje..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 81
Kossovo..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 81
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 626
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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