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Kosciuszko

British  
/ ˌkɒsɪˈʌskəʊ /

noun

  1. a mountain in Australia, in SE New South Wales in the Australian Alps: the highest peak in Australia. Height: 2230 m (7316 ft)

"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

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The Kosciuszko Bridge and the third track of the Long Island Rail Road inspire pride.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

More than 18,000 of those are found in Kosciuszko National Park alone, estimates the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

From Science Daily Nov. 8, 2023

The box had been found a few months earlier, during the restoration of a bronze statue of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a celebrated war hero and statesman.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2023

Staff members at West Point found the time capsule in May during renovations to the 8½-foot bronze statue of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish general, military engineer and rebel who fought in the American Revolution.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2023

Learn a few words of Arabic and you’re the Tadeusz Kosciuszko of foreigners, perhaps worthy of enshrinement on the Corniche.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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