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Literal translation into English (if term not English)
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English translation (if term not English)
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| Arabic دِيك الْحَبَش (dīk al-ḥabaš), دِيك هِنْدِيّ (dīk hindiyy), دِيك رُومِيّ (dīk rūmiyy) |
Ethiopian, Indian or Byzantine cock |
turkey |
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| Arabic سُنْبُل رُومِيّ (sunbul rūmiyy) |
Byzantine spikenard |
valerian |
valerian is distributed all over Eurasia
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| Arabic مَقْدُونِس إِفْرَنْجِيّ (maqdūnis ʔifranjiyy) |
Frankish parsley |
chervil |
It can also be found in Asia, it is just used more in Europe
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| Arabic فِلْفِل إِفْرَنْجِيّ (filfil ʔifranjiyy) |
Frankish pepper |
allspice |
This plant is Jamaican
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| Dutch kalkoen |
Calicut [hen] |
turkey |
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| Dutch Russisch ei, German Russisch Ei |
Russian egg |
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| Dutch Engelse ziekte |
English disease |
rickets |
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| English turkey |
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| English Armenian cucumber |
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| English French fries |
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Belgium, French and Spain all claim the invention of deep-fried potato batons
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| English guinea pig |
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a double misnomer: this animal is not a pig, nor does it come from Guinea
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| English Venice treacle |
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| English Venice turpentine, Cyprus turpentine, Strasburg turpentine. Canada turpentine, Bordeaux turpentine, French turpentine, Dutch drops |
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while some may have a factual basis, they are more likely completely arbitrary
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| English Dutch elm |
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This hybrid occurs naturally in a vast swath across Europe from France to Ukraine
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| English Jew's harp |
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Not of Jewish origin
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| French cochon d’Inde |
pig from India |
guinea pig |
a double misnomer: this animal is not a pig, nor does it come from India
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| French filet américain, Dutch filet americain |
American fillet |
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Belgian steak tartare
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| French chiffre arabe |
Arabic numeral |
Arabic numeral |
possibly from India, but perhaps not a misnomer
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| German Judenkirsche and most German plant names that start with Jude (“Jew”) |
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| Italian granoturco, German türkischer Weizen etc. |
Turkish wheat |
maize |
maize is from the Americas
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| Turkish mısır and fuller forms |
Egypt(ian wheat) |
maize |
maize is from the Americas
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| Turkish hindi |
Indian [hen] |
turkey |
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| Chinese 星洲炒米 (Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ) |
Singaporean stir-fried noodles |
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