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Tuna is not a dish or cuisine so it didn't originate from anywhere, its an animal more specifically a fish.

The use of it in cuisine originates from anywhere it is able to be fished, it is not something that is specific to any one country.

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The English word tuna derives from the Middle Latin form of the Ancient Greekword that meant "tunny-fish", which was derived from another Ancient Greek word that meant "todart, or to rush".

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From Spanish. The Spanish got it from the Taino language. The Taino live in and around the Bahamas. Guess they were proficient fishermen. I got this answer from merriam-webster.com.

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a Spanish word given as a name given to a fish from the Pacific coast of America. A mermber of the Tunny family

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the Spanish

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