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That bird Is called Turkey in English
It's called India (translated) in Turkish, and many European languages
In India it is also named after Turkey
The Arabic word for it translates to East Africa
Malaysians call it Dutch Chicken
In Cambodia its French chickenAnd the fucking bird comes from North America
In Portuguese is called PerĂș
just to clarify, the bird is called peru. Peru (another country) is called Peru and Turkey is called Turquia
i felt the need to clarify because i feel people might think you meant Peru is how we call Turkey (country).
edit: it's both peru with a normal u, not a Ăș
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In Australia it's called landgoose
so like, close, but no cigar.
Itâs called India (translated) in Turkish, and many European languages
TIL that "kalkun" (danish word for turkey, the bird) actually comes from Calcutta, as in the modern day city of Kolkata in India. Wow.
Same, but "kalkon" in swedish.
I felt slightly smug before I learned that haha
they thought the bird came from Turkey iirc, that's why it's named like that. đŠ
In French, Quebec/Canada specifically, it's called Dinde. A shortening of coq/poule/poulet d'inde.
Which translates to Indian cock/hen/chick.
It's mainly cus settlers brought it back Europe thinking they were in India.