Turkey

Meaning

Proper Noun

• a country at the intersection of Europe (continent) and Asia (continent) on the sea, Mediterranean

Origin

• From Middle English Turkye, which is borrowed from Anglo-Norman Turkye, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian, from an Old Turkic autonym, Türk or Türük.