I-New York, iNew York-idolophu eninzi kunazo zonke e-United States-iyaziwa ngamagama amaninzi, kodwa iyaziwa kakhulu njenge-Big Apple.
Igama lomnxeba elithi "Big Apple" lavela kuma-1920 ngokubhekiselele kumabhaso (okanye "ama-apula amakhulu") avuzwa kwiikhosi ezininzi zokugijima kunye naseNkitshi yaseNew York, kodwa ayizange yamkelwe ngokusemthethweni njengejozi lomnxeba wesixeko kude kube ngo-1971 umphumo wenkampu yokubhengezwa yimpumelelo eyenzelwe ukuheha abatyelelo.
Kuyo yonke imbali yayo, igama elithi "i-apple enkulu" lihlale lihla ukuba lithetha nje iindawo ezintle kunye nezona zinkulu kakhulu, kunye neSixeko saseNew York sexesha elide lihlala lifikelela kwisibheno sayo. Emva kokuba u tyelele esi sixeko-sikhilomitha esixhenxe, uya kuqonda ukuba kutheni kuthiwa yiNtloko yehlabathi kunye ne-Big Apple.
Umvuzo Omkhulu: Ukusuka kwiMijaho ukuya kwiJazz
Nangona ukukhankanywa kokuqala kweSixeko saseNew York ngokuthi "i-Big Apple" kwincwadi ethi "The Wayfarer eNew York" ngo-1909, kwada kwada kwaba yilapho uJohn Fitzgerald eqala ukubhala eNew York Morning Telegraph malunga nemikhosi yamahhashi kwisixeko "ii-apula ezinkulu" zokugijima ngokuncintisana eMelika.
UFitzgerald wathatha ixesha elivela kwi-jockeys kunye nabaqeqeshi baseNew Orleans abanqwenela ukugijimela kwiiNew York City, ekubhekiselele kwi "Big Apple." Wakhe wachaza eli gama kwinqaku le- Morning T elegraph :
"Iphupha lalo mfana oye waphosa umlenze phezu komgca kunye nenjongo yabo bonke abamahashe. Kukho kuphela i-Big Apple.
Nangona abaphulaphuli bamaqaku kaFitzgerald bekuncinci kuncinci kuninzi, i-"apple enkulu" emele i-best or after-after-pursued of rewards or achievements in a wide range around the country.
Ekupheleni kweminyaka ye-1920 kunye neye-1930 yokuqala, abaculi be-jazz baseNew York baqala ukubhekisela kwiSixeko saseNew York njenge "Big Apple." Ibinzana elidala ekuboniseni ishishini "Kukho ii-apula ezininzi emthini, kodwa enye kuphela i-Big Apple." ISixeko saseNew York sasiyindawo (kwaye yiyo) yindawo yokuqala kwiimvumi ze-jazz ezenzayo, ezenza ukuba ziqheleke ngakumbi ukubhekisela kwiSixeko saseNew York njenge-Big Apple.
Isibi esibi kwi-Big Apple
Ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960 kunye neyokuqala kwee-1970, isixeko saseNew York sasifumana ngokukhawuleza ukubizwa ngokuba ngumzi onobungozi nangobungozi, kodwa ngowe-1971, isixeko saqalisa umkhankaso wokongeza ukhenketho kwiNew York City, eyamkela i-Big Apple njengesiko kuqwalaselwe kwiSixeko saseNew York.
Eli phulo libandakanya ii-apula ebomvu ngomzamo wokubambisa iindwendwe kwiSixeko saseNew York, apho ii-apula ezibomvu zenzelwe ukukhonza njengomfanekiso oqaqambileyo womculo wesixeko, ngokuchasene neenkolelo eziqhelekileyo ukuba iNew York City yayigcwele ulwaphulaphulo nobuhlwempu .
Ukususela ekuphelisweni kwephulo-kwaye "ukuphindaphinda" kwesi sixeko-iNew York City sele kuthiwa yi-Big Big. Ngokuqaphela uFitzgerald, ekhoneni le-54 kunye ne-Broadway apho uFitzgerald wahlala khona iminyaka engama-30 wabizwa ngokuthi "Big Apple Corner" ngo-1997.