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Originally Posted by rrrlakin
Kosciusko is the name of a county in Indiana, and a street in Bay City, Michigan, to name only places that I have been. I'm sure there are more examples out there.
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It's also the name of the highest mountain in Australia, Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko
It was named by the Polish explorer Pawel Edmund Strzelecki in 1840
And when Elizabeth Moon needed a name for a huge spaceship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_a_Hero_(novel)
She selected Koskiusko