Turkey, the bird, is one of my favorite quirks of etymology. In English, it's turkey, in reference to it's supposed origin from Turkey. In French it's dinde,

Turkey, the bird, is one of my favorite quirks of etymology. In English, it's turkey, in reference to it's supposed origin from Turkey. In French it's dinde, which could be viewed as d'Inde, or "from India". In Arabic it's "habash" which refers to the Horn of Africa. Clearly one of the most confused birds around ...