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Pristina, also spelled Prishtina ((アルバニア語:Prishtinë) or ; (セルビア語:Приштина or ''Priština''); (トルコ語:Priştine)), is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and district. Preliminary results of the 2011 census put the population of Pristina at 198,000.〔Official gov't census: http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/docs/REKOS%20LEAFLET%20ALB%20FINAL.pdf〕 The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities. It is the administrative, educational, and cultural center of Kosovo. The city is home to the University of Pristina and is served by Pristina International Airport. ==Name== The name of the city is derived from a Slavic form *''Prišьčь'', a possessive adjective from the personal name *''Prišьkъ'', (preserved in the Kajkavian surname ''Prišek'', in the Old Polish personal name ''Parzyszek'', and in the Polish surname ''Pryszczyk'') and the derivational suffix ''-ina'' 'belonging to X and his kin'. The name is most likely a patronymic of the personal name *''Prišь'', preserved as a surname in Sorbian ''Priš'', and Polish ''Przybysz'' - a hypocoristic of the Slavic personal name ''Pribyslavъ''.〔SNOJ, Marko. 2007. Origjina e emrit të vendit Prishtinë. In: BOKSHI, Besim (ed.). ''Studime filologjike shqiptare: konferencë shkencore'', 21–22 nëntor 2007. Prishtinë: Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës, 2008, pp. 277–281.〕 A false etymology connects the name Priština with the Serbian word ''prišt'' (пришт), meaning 'ulcer' or 'tumour', referring to its 'boiling'.〔This etymology is mentioned in ROOM, Adrian: ''Placenames of the World'', Second Edition, McFarland, 2006, page 304. ISBN 0-7864-2248-3〕 However, this explanation cannot be correct, as Slavic place names ending in ''-ina'' corresponding either or both to an adjective or the name of an inhabitant lacking this suffix are built from personal names or denote a person and never derive, in these conditions, from common nouns (SNOJ 2007: ''loc. cit.''). The inhabitants of this city call themselves ''Prishtinali'' in local Gheg Albanian or ''Prištevci'' (Приштевци) in the local Serbian dialect. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pristina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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