ペルー

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 秘露

Etymology

From English Peru, from Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ペルー [péꜜrùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [pe̞ɾɯ̟ː]

Proper noun

ペルー • (Perū) 

1. Peru (country in South America)
   • 1996 June 15 [1995 October 10], Narita, Minako, “SCENE(シーン).１(いち)　ミカエルという名(な)の生(い)き物(もの) [Scene 1: A Living Namesake of Archangel Michael]”, in NATURAL(ナチュラル), 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 101:

     リコったら色(いろ)気(け)ないわねー　例(れい)のどこか外(がい)国(こく)の子(こ)？

     Rikottara iroke nai wa nē Rei no doko ka gaikoku no ko?

     Aren’t you interested in boys, Riko? Not even in like, some foreign kid, for example?

     うん　ペルーの子(こ)

     Un Perū no ko

     Yup, a Peruvian kid

See also

• ペルー共(きょう)和(わ)国(こく) (Perū Kyōwakoku)