After all discussions about Turkey... I always wondered how Turkey got her name in English. I stumbled on this interesting site.

It was written by Giancarlo Casale, PhD. He is currently an assistant professor at the Department of History at the University of Minnesota.

Here's the link-> http://www.islamistica.com/ospiti/giancarlo_casale/talking_turkey.html

Yes, we had this discussion in June....I found a similar thing! Interesting eh?

http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_6_5300

... now i wonder what about canary, chihuahua, emu, etc...

Oooh...we have Canary Islands...