I am a bird served at the autumn feast, but capitalize my first letter and I become a nation straddling Europe and Asia. What am I?
Turkey
This riddle uses capitalization wordplay. The lowercase word 'turkey' refers to the large domestic bird traditionally roasted for Thanksgiving. Capitalizing the initial letter turns it into 'Turkey' (officially Türkiye), a transcontinental country located in Eurasia.
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