KOSSOVO  , or Kosovo, a vilayet of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, comprising the sanjak of See also:

• USKUB

Uskub in See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia, and the sanjaks of See also:

• PRIZREN (also written Prisren, Prisrend, Prizrendi, Prezdra and Perzerin)

Prizren and Novibazar (q.v.) in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• ALBANIA

Albania . Pop . (1905), about 1,100,000; See also:

• AREA

area, 12,700 sq. m . For an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical features of Kossovo, see ALBANIA and MACEDONIA . The inhabitants are chiefly Albanians and Slays, with smaller communities of Greeks, See also:

• TURKS

Turks, See also:

• VLACHS

Vlachs and See also:

• GIPSIES, or GYPSIES

gipsies . A few See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good roads See also:

• TRAVERSE

traverse the vilayet (see USKUB), and the railway from See also:

• SALONICA, SALONIKA

Salonica northward bifurcates at Uskub, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, one See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch going to Mitrovitza in Albania, the other to See also:

• NISH (also written NISCx and Nis)

Nish in See also:

• SERVIA

Servia . Despite the undoubted See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of the vilayet, the only mines working in 1907 were two chrome mines, at Orasha and Verbeshtitza . In the See also:

• VOLUME

volume of its agricultural See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, however, Kossovo is unsurpassed by any See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . The exports, See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth about £950,000, include livestock, large quantities of See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, vegetables, See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium, See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp and skins . See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

Rice is cultivated for See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption, and sericulture is a growing See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, encouraged by the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration of the See also:

• OTTOMAN

Ottoman See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

Debt . The yearly value of the imports is approximately £1,zoo,000; these include machinery and other manufactured goods, metals, groceries, chemical products and See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum, which is used in the See also:

• FLOUR

flour-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and factories on account of the prohibitive See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of See also:

• COAL

coal . There is practically no trade with Adriatic ports; two-thirds of both exports and imports pass through Salonica, the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder going by See also:

• RAIL

rail into Servia .

The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief towns, Uskub (32,000), Prizren (30,000), Koprulii (22,000), See also:

• ISHTIB, or ISTIB (anc. Astibon, Slay. Shtipliye or Shtip)

Ishtib [Slay . Slip] (21,000), Novibazar (12,000) and See also:

• PRISHTINA, TRICHTINA

Prishtina (11,000) are described in See also:

• SEPARATE

separate articles . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the vilayet formed See also:

• PART

part of the Servian See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, its northern districts are still known to the Serbs as Old Servia (Stara Srbiya) . The See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Kossovo (Kossovopolje, " See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field of Blackbirds "), a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long valley lying See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Prishtina and watered by the Sibnitza, a tributary of the Servian Ibar, is famous in See also:

• BALKAN

Balkan See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend as the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Kossovo (1389), in which the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Servia was destroyed by the Turks .