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Turkey adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, known in English as the Republic of Turkey or more commonly known as Turkey, upon the declaration of the republic on 29 October 1923. In 2021, however, via the UN, Turkey changed its spelling to Türkiye .
Ever wonder why the bird we eat on Thanksgiving has the same name as a country? Turkeys originated from Mexico, but the Europeans had a habit of renaming anything exotic brought back to Europe with a newer 'turkish' name. Read on for more.
So how did turkeys (the bird) end up being named so similarly to Turkey (the country)? Let’s follow that bird’s history from the New World to the Old. As far as we can tell, the first European explorers to discover (and eat) turkey were those in Hernan Cortez’s expedition in Mexico in 1519.
The real answer: technically, neither. Hal Beral/Getty Images. The turkey's name isn't directly tied to the country of Turkey; the appellation was accidental. By the time the American turkey reached Europe, it had already acquired the "Turkey bird" moniker due to the Ottoman-controlled trade routes and its resemblance to the guinea fowl.
SKunevski/Getty Images. Get ready for a shocker: The bird at the center of the traditional Thanksgiving feast isn’t called a turkey because it comes from Turkey. Instead, it got its name from a ...
country name, late 14c., Turkie, "land of the Turks," meaning vaguely Anatolia but sometimes all of Asia Minor, from Medieval Latin Turchia, from Turcus (see Turk) + -ia. Also used in Middle English of clothing and cookery styles.
The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey. But turkey is certainly not from Turkey. In fact, its English name is based on one big...
First, in the 1500s when the American bird first arrived in Great Britain, it was shipped in by merchants in the East, mostly from Constantinople (who'd brought the bird...
Although it originated in the Americas, the turkey was named after the country Turkey because it resembled another bird nicknamed turkey-cock and turkey-hen, which was imported through the Turkish region.
“Turkey” the bird is native to North America. But turkey the word is a geographic mess—a tribute to the vagaries of colonial trade and conquest. As you might have suspected, the English term...