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10/4/2012, 5:55 PM SeaHorse15
12/23/2008, 2:30 PM Mike C
12/4/2008, 4:53 PM peacechik

Name Disko
Gender Masculine
Usage Literature
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Meaning & History

In the case of Disko Troop, a character in Rudyard Kipling's novel 'Captains Courageous' (1897), it was taken from the name of Disko Island, off the west coast of Greenland, given "because he was born on board his father's ship when it was iced near the island".
Added 12/4/2008 by peacechik