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Chinese
Etymology
From a misguided assumption by Chinese immigrants that Kosciuszko is a Japanese name.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
日本仔橋
- (Cantonese) Kosciuszko Bridge (a bridge in New York City, New York, United States)
References
- Aaron Reiss (actor) (2017 August 4), “622: Who You Gonna Call?”, in This American Life:
There are some puzzlers, like the Kosciuszko Bridge, named after Thaddeus Kosciuszko. Everyone calls it the 日本仔橋／日本仔桥 (jat6 bun2 zai2 kiu4), which literally means "the Japanese Guy Bridge." I asked some older ladies in Chinatown why. / "Because it has so many consonants and vowels, that it looks like a Japanese name."