Turkey Definition
- joker
- republic-of-turkey
- bomb
- dud
- meleagris-gallopavo
- Huhn (both German)
- Indianische Henn
- gallina d'India (both Italian)
- gallo
- poule d'Inde (French)
- cock of India
- domestic turkey
- wild-turkey
- gobbler
- gallina de India (Spanish)
Country at the intersection of Europe and Asia on the Mediterranean. Official name: Republic of Turkey.
- To speak frankly about the basic facts of a matter.
- to talk bluntly and directly
Other Word Forms of Turkey
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Origin of Turkey
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From Turkey. The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), native to Africa, was imported to Europe by turkey merchants. The larger northern American bird Meleagris gallopavo, thought to resemble the guinea fowl, was brought to Spain by conquistadors in 1523; from there it was introduced to northern Africa, at the time under Ottoman rule, and then via the Middle East back into Europe.
From Wiktionary
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From French Turquie, Medieval Latin Turquia, from Turcus (“Turk"), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος, from Persian ترک (Turk), from Middle Persian twlk' (Turk), from an Old Turkic autonym, Türk or Türük.
From Wiktionary
After Turkey from a confusion with the guinea fowl, once believed to have originated in Turkish territory
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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