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Kosciusko

American  
[kos-kee-uhs-koh, kos-ee-, kawsh-choosh-kaw] / ˌkɒs kiˈʌs koʊ, ˌkɒs i-, kɔʃˈtʃʊʃ kɔ /

noun

  1. Thaddeus Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko, 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.

  2. Mount, the highest mountain in Australia, in SE New South Wales. 7,316 feet (2,230 meters).


Kosciusko British  
/ ˌkɒsɪˈʌskəʊ /

noun

  1. Thaddeus, Polish name Tadeusz Kościusko. 1746–1817, Polish general: fought for the colonists in the American War of Independence and led an unsuccessful revolt against the partitioning of Poland (1794)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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The Kosciusko County prosecutor’s office is investigating, WANE-TV reported.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2022

And unemployment in surrounding Kosciusko County in November was 4.8 percent, lower than the national average of 5.8 percent.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2015

His bond in Indiana is set at $150,000 cash, enough to cover the women's losses, Kosciusko County prosecutors said.

From US News • Nov. 13, 2014

Bob Weaver, administrator for the Kosciusko County Health Department, said he does not know of any hotels in his area that have opened a room without permission.

From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2014

During the war of the revolution immediately succeeding our own, Warsaw stood the heaviest brunt; and when Kosciusko fell fighting before it, its population was reduced to seventy 213five thousand.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by Stephens, John Lloyd

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