If it's Peru in Portugal, Ethiopian in Arabic, French in Greek and Indian in Hebrew, what is it in English?

Arpeggionist

It's turkey, referred to as an exotic (Peruvian) bird in Portuguese, an "African" bird in Arabic, and in Hebrew it is referred to as "tarnegol Hodu" - lit. "the chicken of India". Australia might be "Yemenite" in Hebrew. ("Teman" literally means "right" or "south".) Dec 27 04, 1:18 PM

gmackematix

Yay Arpy, but as Israel is the world's biggest consumer of turkey per head I might have ezpected you to know that! I read that the Greek word "gallapoula" means "French girl", but the word does look suspiciously like Gallipoli, which is in Turkey! Dec 27 04, 7:08 PM

Arpeggionist

I didn't realize Israel was the biggest per head consumer of turkey. I would have thought that Thanksgiving weekend would put the US at the top of that list. Though we do eat a lot of meat here... (A joke: What is the difference between an Israeli and an Israelite? About %30 of the calories.) Dec 28 04, 4:11 AM