Türkentaube

German

Etymology

From Türke (“Turk”) +‎ -n- +‎ Taube (“pigeon”), so named because the bird came from the Southeast in the 1930s.

Noun

Türkentaube f (genitive Türkentaube, plural Türkentauben)

  1. collared dove

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