What makes a curry "curry"?

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Because in different parts of this words, they have their own version of a curry with different spice combinations. What made me wonder is, just an example, I made Nigerian stew and the recipe calls for curry powder but it made me think, why isn't it called "Nigerian curry"? According to this https://www.escoffieronline.com/what-makes-a-curry-a-curry/#:~:text=Ultimately%2C%20it%20seems%20as%20though,in%20a%20heavily%20spiced%20sauce. it says here "Ultimately, it seems as though curry is more properly thought of as a culinary tradition or style than a particular dish. Making a curry simply involves the preparation of a meat or vegetable dish in a heavily spiced sauce" Not only that but many stews from different countries are heavily spiced which even contains turmeric, coriander and chili powder and not considered curry. Of course I know stew and curry are different. They have different techniques but some makes curry as if it was stew like slow cooking the meat until tender. So that's why i ask, what do you consider curry to be "curry"? Or i guess that term just got reduced into just a label.

I made an original recipe. It's like stew and heavily spiced and I would consider it a version a curry just because.

[purplepoppy]

The term curry is a British one and comes from the word "cury" which means cooking. As in the famous old cook book "a forme of cury". The British being rather fond of stews and casseroles took a liking to Indian dishes and to distinguish them from regular casseroles labelled them collectively as curries.
So basically it's any stew/casserole that's heavily flavoured with Asian spices rather than European herbs

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Ok but i can tell you Jamaican curry exist. Just like Nigerian stew, it uses curry powder.

[legalboxers]

spices and ethnicity

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Jamaica has curry too but it's a western country.

[Anonymous]

The spices.