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You probably already know this but Pidgin is named after "pidgin English", not pigeon the bird.

However, the word origin of "pidgin" seems to be derived from "pigeon":

etymonline.com/word/pidgin

Felix Urbasik  
@pidgin is the reason I will never be able to spell "pigeon" correctly.
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