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Why is a Turkey a Turkey?
Season 10 Episode 2: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast – Why is a Turkey a Turkey?
Why is a bird native to North America called a turkey?
The answer takes us from Mexico to Spain, Africa, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), France, England, and eventually back across the Atlantic on the Mayflower. Along the way, an American bird gets mistaken for an African one, the English name it after Turkey, the French send it linguistically to India, while the Turks call the Turkey the Hindi, the Indian.
With Canadian Thanksgiving approaching, I follow that strange history back to the Thanksgiving table…
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