Turkey

See also: turkey

English

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Etymology

From Middle English Turkye, which is borrowed from French Turquie, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Persian ترک‎ (Turk), from Middle Persian twlk' (Turk), from an Old Turkic autonym, Türk or Türük.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.ki/
  • (US) enPR: tûr'kē, IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.ki/
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  • Homophone: turkey
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki

Proper noun

Turkey

  1. Country at the intersection of Europe and Asia on the Mediterranean. Official name: Republic of Turkey.

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