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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=' How Did Thanksgiving 'Turkey' Get Its Name?' data-article-id='5193'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12125'>The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey.</span> <span data-start-time='12125' data-end-time='17146'>But turkey is certainly not from Turkey.</span> <span data-start-time='17146' data-end-time='24271'>In fact, its English name is based on one big mistake.</span> <span data-start-time='24271' data-end-time='30208'>We could say it is a case of mistaken identity.</span> <span data-start-time='30208' data-end-time='33458'>Let’s set the record straight.</span> <span data-start-time='33458' data-end-time='41479'>The word “Turkey” has meant “the land of the Turks” since ancient times.</span> <span data-start-time='41479' data-end-time='53104'> The word “turkey” as it refers to the bird first appeared in the English language in the mid-1500s.</span> <span data-start-time='53104' data-end-time='62708'>The misunderstanding over the word happened because of two similar-looking kinds of birds.</span> <span data-start-time='62708' data-end-time='76583'>There is an African bird called the guinea fowl. It has dark feathers with white spots and a patch of brown on the back of its neck.</span> <span data-start-time='76583' data-end-time='84438'>Portuguese traders brought the guinea fowl to Europe through North Africa.</span> <span data-start-time='84438' data-end-time='89958'>This foreign bird came to Europe through Turkish lands.</span> <span data-start-time='89958' data-end-time='95813'>So, the English thought of the bird as a “Turkish chicken.”</span> <span data-start-time='95813' data-end-time='104500'>When Europeans came to North America, they saw a bird that looked like the guinea fowl.</span> <span data-start-time='104500' data-end-time='109604'>This bird was native to the North American continent.</span> <span data-start-time='109604' data-end-time='116813'>Orin Hargraves is a lexicographer, someone who writes dictionaries.</span> <span data-start-time='116813' data-end-time='120271'> Hargraves explains what happened.</span> <span data-start-time='120271' data-end-time='133771'>“Some Europeans saw an American turkey, thought that it was the guinea fowl, which at that time was called the ‘turkey cock,’ and so gave it the same name."</span> <span data-start-time='133771' data-end-time='149563'>Hundreds of years later, we continue to call this North American bird “turkey,” even though it has no connection at all with the country Turkey, or even with Europe.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/A.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16286 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/what_holiday_was_featured_in_this_article.wav'>What holiday was featured in this article?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Thanksgiving'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/thanksgiving.wav'><span>Thanksgiving</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/kwanzaa.wav'><span>Kwanzaa</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/hannukah.wav'><span>Hannukah</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/christmas.wav'><span>Christmas</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16285 data-hint-location='109604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/_what_is_a_lexicographer.wav'> What is a lexicographer?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='someone who writes dictionaries'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/a_type_of_apple_pie.wav'><span>a type of apple pie</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/someone_specializing_in_turkeys.wav'><span>someone specializing in turkeys</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/someone_who_writes_dictionaries.wav'><span>someone who writes dictionaries</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/a_book_about_turkeys.wav'><span>a book about turkeys</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16287 data-hint-location='33458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/the_word_turkey_has_traditionally_meant__blank_.wav'>The word Turkey has traditionally meant <span class='blank'>the land of the Turks</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the land of the Turks'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/online_school.wav'><span>online school</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/overeating.wav'><span>overeating</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/happy_thanksgiving.wav'><span>Happy Thanksgiving</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4666/the_land_of_the_turks.wav'><span>the land of the Turks</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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