Thursday, November 26, 2009

Turkey to turkey - from a geographic name to a word

Turkey - turkey (guinea fowl from Madagascar imported through Turkey) "cold turkey"
Called hindi in Turkey from India (like American Indians)

Flemish - flamenco but flamingo is from flame

Byblos - book, bible,

textiles - jeans, gauze, denim (de Nimes),
dungarees (Dongari Killa - the fort where Bombay(Mumbi) is ("hickory cloth" strong american cloth - hicks)

foods - scallion (Askelon)

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