Why is a turkey called a turkey?

Why is a bird from North America called a turkey? And what is it called in Turkey? These questions and more are answered in 5 minutes of solid turkey trivia. Dinde, kalkoen, Dutch chicken, French chicken, habash... Find out what confusing names turkey has been given around the world (clue: it’s not called a North America anywhere...). Some of the info for this video comes from The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth. Always a fun read: ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Where the confusion began 1:13 Why turkey became turkey 2:27 What’s it called in Turkey? 3:11 Turkey in other languages 4:24 What should we call it? 4:40 Goodbye!