Pristina

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/prɪʃˈtinə/uncommon/ˈprɪʃtinə//prɪsˈtinə/

proper noun

The capital and largest city of Kosovo.

OriginAlbanian Prishtina →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Prishtina · alternative Priština

  1. The capital and largest city of Kosovo.
    1. metonymicallyThe Kosovar government.
  2. A district of Kosovo.
  3. A municipality of Kosovo.

Origin

  1. AlbanianPrishtina
  2. AlbanianPrishtina
  3. EnglishPristina

Borrowed from Albanian Prishtina.

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Translations

Afrikaans Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Arabic بْرِشْتِينَا
  • بْرِشْتِينَا (brištīnā)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Bengali প্রিশ্তিনা জেলা, প্রিশ্তিনা
  • প্রিশ্তিনা জেলা (priśtina jela)district
  • প্রিশ্তিনা (priśtina)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Bulgarian При́щина
  • При́щина (Príština)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Chinese Cantonese 普里什蒂納
  • 普里什蒂納 (pou² lei⁵ sap⁶ dai³ naap⁶)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Chinese Mandarin 普里什蒂納, 普里斯提納
  • 普里什蒂納 (Pǔlǐshídìnà)capital and largest city of Kosovo
  • 普里斯提納 (Pǔlǐsītínà)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Czech Priština
  • Prištinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Danish Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Dutch Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Esperanto Priŝtino
  • Priŝtinocapital and largest city of Kosovo
Estonian Priština
  • Prištinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Finnish Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
French Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
German Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Greek Πρίστινα
  • Πρίστινα (Prístina)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Hebrew פרישטינה
  • פרישטינהcapital and largest city of Kosovo
Hindi प्रिस्टिना, प्रिश्टिना
  • प्रिस्टिना (prisṭinā)capital and largest city of Kosovo
  • प्रिश्टिना (priśṭinā)capital and largest city of Kosovo
  • प्रिश्तिना (priśtinā)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Hungarian Prishtina
  • Prishtinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Indonesian Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Italian Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Japanese プリシュティナ
  • プリシュティナ (Purishutina)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Korean 프리슈티나
  • 프리슈티나 (Peurisyutina)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Latvian Priština
  • Prištinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Lithuanian Priština
  • Prištinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Norwegian Bokmål Priština
  • Prištinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Polish Prisztina
  • Prisztinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Portuguese Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Romanian Priștina
  • Priștinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Russian При́штина
  • При́штина (Príština)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Slovak Priština
  • Prištinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Spanish Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Swedish Pristina
  • Pristinacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Thai พริชตีนา
  • พริชตีนา (prích-dtii-naa)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Turkish Priştine
  • Priştinecapital and largest city of Kosovo
Ukrainian При́штина
  • При́штина (Prýštyna)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Urdu پْریشْتینا
  • پْریشْتینا (priśtinā)capital and largest city of Kosovo
Vietnamese Pri-xti-na
  • Pri-xti-nacapital and largest city of Kosovo
Yiddish פּרישטינאַ
  • פּרישטינאַ (prishtina)capital and largest city of Kosovo

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Pristina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pristina

MLA

“Pristina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pristina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pristina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pristina.

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