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Why is a turkey a turkey?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Because it's a turkey.

Why is an apple an apple? It's just a label for a concept. There is a particular type of bird and in English we use the word "turkey" to refer to it. In French the same concept is signified by the word "dinde". And other languages have other words.

If you're asking what the specific etymology of the word "turkey" is, I don't know. Try an etymological dictionary.

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Wiki User

15y ago

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