Why don´t we call the country Peru as simply Turkey?!?

Question

Can you understand me? Does anybody there speak Portuguese?!

Answer 1

No, Spanish is only spoken in Peru

Answer 2

How the heck did you come up with this question?! Peru has nothing to do with Turkey or Portugese!!!

Answer 3

I am teaching myself Portuguese and noticed that.

I thought it was funny. Peru means turkey (the animal) in Portuguese.

Answer 4

Are you on something? I only have one thing to say: Huh?!

Answer 5

What??? What does portugese have to do with Peru?  And what does Turkey have to do with Portugese or Peru??

Get an education!

Answer 6

A guy posted a question before as why it is called Peru and not p***s. Is this you again? There is already a country named Turkey. You say something about speaking portuguese, does the word Peru mean turkey in portuguese? What's the connection? Please enlighten us! I cannot understand how you made the connection from Peru to turkey, unless you know of a language game here between two langauages where the sound peru menas turkey in another one!

Plus, there aren't many people from Turkey living in Peru so I keep scratching my head and cannot figure out the connection!