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The word "turkey" did not originate in any North American native language. The name of the turkey originates in two compounded mistakes. First, the guinea fowl was mistakenly called the "turkey" because it was originally imported to Europe via Turkey and so was thought to originate in Turkey. It actually comes from Africa. Second, when European explorers and settlers first saw wild turkeys in the Americas, they considered them a type of guinea fowl and called them "turkeys." Domesticated turkeys actually originated in what is now Mexico. They may have been first domesticated by some predecessor culture of the Aztecs, or by the Aztecs themselves. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)
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