Bronx
pronunciation
How to pronounce Bronx in British English:
UK [brɔŋks]
How to pronounce Bronx in American English:
US [brɑŋks]
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- Noun:
- a borough of New York City
Word Origin
- Bronx
- named for Jonas Bronck, who settled there in 1641. Jonas Bronck, who arrived at New Amsterdam in 1639, and whose name is perpetuated in Bronx Borough, Bronx Park, Bronxville -- in New York -- was a Scandinavian, in all probability a Dane and originally, as it seems, from Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, where his father was a pastor in the Lutheran Church. Faroe then belonged to Denmark-Norway and had been settled by Norwegians. The official language of the island in Bronck's days was Danish. ... Bronck may have been a Swede if we judge by the name alone for the name of Brunke is well known in Sweden. [John Oluf Evjen, "Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674," Minneapolis, 1916] Bronx cheer first recorded 1929.
Example
- 1. One westover graduate and scholarship recipient went on to become a teacher in the south bronx .
- 2. The suv - and baby - were found at 7:40 p.m. at goble and jerome avenues in mount eden in the bronx .
- 3. Kagge , the polar explorer , termed it " a proper expedition " - from the north bronx all the way out to the atlantic .
- 4. Trina thompson , 27 , of the bronx , graduated from new york 's monroe college in april with a bachelor of business administration degree in information technology .
- 5. But behind the pretty-boy looks was a dramatically potent combination of naked ambition and deep vulnerability , both likely products of his dickensian childhood in the bronx .