See soorce fer Pristina

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'''Pristina''', spelt '''Prishtina''' or '''Priština''' an aw {{Audio|Prishtina.ogg|listen}} ({{lang-sq|Prishtinë}} or ''Prishtina'', [[Serbian leid|Serbian]]: Приштина, ''Priština''; {{lang-tr|Priştine}}) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o [[Kosovo]]{{efn|name=status}}. It is the admeenistrative centre o the homonymous municipality an [[Destrict o Priština|destrict]].

It is estimatit that the current population o the ceety stands atween 500,000<ref name="OSCE profile">[[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]] {{PDF|[http://www.osce.org/item/1199.html municipal profile of Pristina]}}, April 2008. Retrieved on 20 Juin 2008.</ref> an 600,000.<ref name="UK profile">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030731064049/http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019233722672 UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles: Kosovo]. Retrieved on 21 February 2008.</ref> The ceety haes a majority [[Albanians|Albanian]] population, alangside ither smawer communities includin [[Turkish fowk|Turks]], [[Bosniaks]], [[Roma (Romani subgroup)|Roma]] an ithers. It is the administrative, educational, an cultural centre o Kosovo. The ceety is home tae the [[University o Pristina]] an is served bi the [[Pristina Internaitional Airport]].

== Name ==
The name o the ceety is derived frae a [[Slavic leids|Slavic]] form *''Prišьčь'', a possessive adjective frae the personal name *''Prišьkъ'', (preserved in the [[Kajkavian dialect|Kajkavian]] surname ''Prišek'', in the Auld [[Polish leid|Polish]] personal name ''Przyszek'', and in the Polish surname ''Przyszek'') an the derivational suffix ''-ina'' 'belongin tae X an his kin'. The name is maist likely a patronymic o the personal name *''Prišь'', preserved as a surname in Polish ''Przysz'' an [[Sorbian leids|Sorbian]] ''Priš'', a hypochoristic o the Slavic personal name ''Pribyslavъ''.<ref>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.</ref> A [[false etymology]] connects the name Priština wi [[Serbo-Croatian leid|Serbo-Croatian]] ''prišt'' (пришт), meanin 'ulcer' or 'tumour', referring tae its 'boilin'.<ref>This etymology is mentioned in ROOM, Adrian: ''Placenames of the World'', Second Edition, McFarland, 2006, page 304. ISBN 0-7864-2248-3</ref> Housomeivver, this explanation canna be correct, as Slavic place names ending in ''-ina'' corresponding tae an adjective an/or name o an inhabitant lackin this suffix are built frae personal names or denote a person an niver derive, unner these conditions, frae common nouns ([[Marko Snoj|S<small>NOJ</small>]] 2007: ''loc. cit.''). The inhabitants o this ceety caw themselves ''Prishtinali'' in local [[Gheg Albanian]] or ''Prištevci'' (Приштевци) in the local Serbian dialect.

== Geografie ==
Pristina is locatit at the geographical coordinates 42° 40' 0" North an 21° 10' 0" East an covers {{convert|572|km2|sqmi}}. It lies in the north-eastren part o Kosovo close tae the [[Goljak]] mountains. Frae Pristina there is a guid view o the [[Šar Mountains]] which lie several kilometres away in the sooth o Kosovo. Pristina is locatit beside twa lairge touns, [[Obilić]] an [[Kosovo Polje]]. In fact Pristina haes grown so muckle these past years that it haes connectit wi Kosovo Polje. Lake [[Badovac]] is juist a few kilometres tae the sooth o the ceety.

There is nae river passin through the ceety o Pristina nou but there wis ane that passed through the centre. The river flows through unnergrund tunnels an is let oot intae the surface when it passes the ceety. The reason for coverin the river wis because the river passed bi the local market an awbody dumped their waste there. This caused an awful smell an the river haed tae be covered.

The river nou ae flows through Pristina's suburbs in the north an in the sooth.

== Internaitional relations ==
=== Twin touns — Sister ceeties ===

Pristina is [[twin touns an sister ceeties|twinned]] wi:
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]].
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Bursa]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=63373 "Turkey's Bursa, Kosovo's Pristina become sister cities"] ''worldbulletin.net'' 2 September 2010 Link accessed 2 September 2010</ref>
*{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Durrës]], [[Albanie]].
*{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Tirana]], [[Albanie]].<ref name="International relations">{{cite web |url=http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |title=Twinning Cities: International Relations |accessdate=2009-06-23 |work=Municipality of Tirana |publisher=www.tirana.gov.al |format=PDF |archive-date=2008-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216035358/http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Twinning Cities: International Relations. Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.</ref>
*{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].

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