High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hvosno ( variant Hvostno, Fosno and Fostno) was a medieval Serbian zupa (district) located in the northern part of the Metohija region, in Kosovo. It roughly encompassed the areas of the modern Istok and Pec municipalities. It was surrounded by the Jelci zupa to the north, the Budimlja and Plav zupas to the west, the Zatrnava zupa to the south and the Draskovina and Podrimlje zupas to the east and southeast. The name of Hvosno is derived from the Old Slavic word hvost, meaning 'thick wood', probably due to dense forests that grow on the slopes of surrounding mountains. There are several places with similar names such as Hvoshno ( Хвошно ) in Russia, on of them near the town of Luga in Leningrad oblast (map p.89),one in Tver oblast, village in Vitebsk Oblast in Belarus, river and lake named Hvosnya ( Хвошня ) also in Tver oblast, village Fosnya ( Фошня ) (older name Hvosnya- Хвошня) in Bryansk Oblast etc. Данное издание представляет собой...