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\nIn this video, the speaker explores the origins of the name \"Turkey\" for the bird native to North America. They explain that the name originated from a misidentification of the bird by Europeans who imported a different bird called the...\nIn this video, the speaker explores the origins of the name \"Turkey\" for the bird native to North America. They explain that the name originated from a misidentification of the bird by Europeans who imported a different bird called the Helmeted Guinea fowl from Africa. The video also highlights the various names for the bird in different languages, many of which are geographically inaccurate.\n
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4:39
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12th - Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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2020
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English
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north america, africa, europe, india, christmas, thanksgiving, etymology
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turkey, turkey why called, hindi, habash, dinde, kalkoen, english, turkish, guineafowl, guinea fowl, christmas dinner, thanksgiving dinner, words, language facts, call turkey, spanish conquistadors, west indies, turkey cock, big bird, called, brought, telling, dutch, reference, call, world, people, calling, bird, native, apparently, delicious, refer, thought, means, reason, part
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