Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Question for October 13th - Ishani

Short and simple question about something that confused people all over the world for very long!

X goes by the name "hindi" in Turkey, "peru" in Portuguese, "Ethiopian" in Arabic, "French girl" in Greek, "india" in French and interestingly, "chameleon" in Persian.

What is X.
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3 comments:

  1. Gaurav Kane13 October 2009 at 14:22

    Turkey!! (the animal) I did ask a Turkish person at work though

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  2. Rahul13 October 2009 at 20:44

    flat bread?

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  3. The Answer14 October 2009 at 13:05

    Yep, Turkey is the answer.
    Good job, Kane!

    If you are wondering what's the fuss about this bird, you can read this nice article -
    http://web.mit.edu/mskilic/www/turkeyname.html

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