because an animal which is very similiar to turkey only live in turkey was seen by an foreigner and taken to his own country in there they ask what is it? then the man says its turkey (which means this one comes from turkey)
Its called Turkiye and there was a man named Ataturk and he was very famous by being a leader in a very important war in Turkey and he stopped the war and he died in 1938 so that's all you need to know why Turkey was called Turkey
The Guineafowl originates from the Guinea region of Africa but in Europe it was often imported through Turkey, so it became known as the "Turkey Fowl". After European settlers travelled to America and discovered a similar bird, they mistook it for being a Guineafowl and the name Turkey became stuck with it.
In Turkey the turkey is called something like the "Hindu bird". In India it's called the "Peruvian bird".
The country itself never used the name "Turkey" until it became a republic in the 1920s. Before that it was called the Ottoman Empire, but European countries would often call it Turkey after the people who lived there - the Turks.
It comes indirectly from the name of the country Turkey. The story is quite complicated.
Turkey is named after the Turks, the people who live there. Actually, the country didn't use this name officially until the 1920s. Before that it was known as the Ottoman Empire.
The Guineafowl, which comes from Africa, was often known as the "Turkey fowl" in Europe because it was imported through Turkish traders. After European settlers went to the Americas and discovered a new type of bird, they mistook it for being a guineafowl and started calling it the Turkey fowl.
English isn't the only language to name the bird after the country it doesn't come from. In Turkey, the turkey is called a hindi, after India, or less commonly mısır after the Arabic name for Egypt. Several European countries name it after India, while Dutch and the Scandinavian languages name it after Calcutta. In India, it's called the Peru. In Greek it's called the French Chicken. In Arabic, it's either called the Ethiopian bird or the Roman bird.
They were imported from Central Europe through Turkey, the name just stuck from what was thought to be the country of origin ...Turkey
Because you just do. Its like saying why do you call your head your head.
They are called wild turkeys because they are wild and roam in the wild
Because it just is no one knows why!
because they live
in the wild
It is called gta for a reson, no
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Taxes
A "mom" turkey is called a "Hen".The "dad" turkey is called a "Tom". A female turkey is called a hen.
Bad radio communication.
A mature male turkey is called a "Tom". Yearling males are called "Jakes"
who is called the saviour of turkey
There doesn't appear to be a city called Superman anywhere, let alone one in Turkey.
One brand of the silver-plated variety advertise as "Turkey Slippers".
This is true for many reson the answer is that it used to be called "module of slope" but now its just called slope.
A young turkey is called a "poult".
The turkey (chicken) was before the country because Turkey wasn't always called turkey