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riffraff 3 hours ago

Interesting, in various European languages those tend to be "Turkish": turkey hens (the bird called turkey now), Turkish corn (maize), Turkish beans (long beans).

Again, trade routes.

idontwantthis 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In Panama they say Chino for foreign versions and in Cambodia they say barang which literally means Frankish (via farang from Thailand).

oldandboring 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> maize

Which, in turn, originated in Mexico and didn't make its way to Europe until the 1500s.