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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Turkeys #74424 06/28/2002 1:03 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 3 Johannesburg, South Africa Kay Williams stranger Kay Williams stranger Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 3 Johannesburg, South Africa With the World Cup in full swing I was wondering why a turkey (bird) and Turkey (country) share the same name. I'd be really interested to find out how two so completely different things came to have the same name. Thanks Copycat Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Turkeys Kay Williams 06/28/2002 1:03 PM Re: Turkeys FishonaBike 06/28/2002 1:15 PM Re: Turkeys Buffalo Shrdlu 06/28/2002 2:22 PM Re: Turkeys FishonaBike 06/28/2002 2:39 PM Re: Turkeys Bean 06/28/2002 2:40 PM Indian Turkey FishonaBike 06/28/2002 3:03 PM Re: Turkeys wwh 06/28/2002 3:18 PM Re: Turkeys Keiva 06/28/2002 5:38 PM Re: Turkeys wwh 06/28/2002 8:24 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? Wordwind 06/28/2002 8:59 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? Keiva 06/28/2002 9:03 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? wwh 06/28/2002 9:10 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? FishonaBike 06/28/2002 9:12 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? wwh 06/29/2002 3:46 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? tsuwm 07/02/2002 6:00 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? Wordwind 07/02/2002 6:20 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? tsuwm 07/02/2002 6:32 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? wwh 07/02/2002 6:44 PM Re: Turkeys Kay Williams 07/01/2002 12:32 PM Re: Turkeys of troy 06/28/2002 3:53 PM Exotic fowl FishonaBike 06/28/2002 4:04 PM Re: Exotic fowl Buffalo Shrdlu 06/28/2002 4:08 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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