Peru
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuː/
- (archaic, Indiana) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
- A city in Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
- A city in Kansas.
- A town in Maine.
- A town in Massachusetts.
- A city in Nebraska.
- A town in New York.
- An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
- A town in Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A town in Wisconsin
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Anagrams[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
Cyrillic | Перу | |
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Abjad | پئروُ |
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Peru | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | Peru |
Perular | ||||||
definite accusative | Perunu |
Peruları | ||||||
dative | Peruya |
Perulara | ||||||
locative | Peruda |
Perularda | ||||||
ablative | Perudan |
Perulardan | ||||||
definite genitive | Perunun |
Peruların |
Central Nahuatl[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms[edit]
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru (locative)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Further reading[edit]
- Peru in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Peru in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- Peru in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Peru n
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Peru | — | ||
genitive | Perun | — | ||
partitive | Perua | — | ||
illative | Peruun | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Peru | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Peru | — | |
gen. | Perun | |||
genitive | Perun | — | ||
partitive | Perua | — | ||
inessive | Perussa | — | ||
elative | Perusta | — | ||
illative | Peruun | — | ||
adessive | Perulla | — | ||
ablative | Perulta | — | ||
allative | Perulle | — | ||
essive | Peruna | — | ||
translative | Peruksi | — | ||
abessive | Perutta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru n (proper noun, genitive Perus or (optionally with an article) Peru)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Peru | — |
accusative | Perut | — |
dative | Perunak | — |
instrumental | Peruval | — |
causal-final | Peruért | — |
translative | Peruvá | — |
terminative | Peruig | — |
essive-formal | Peruként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Peruban | — |
superessive | Perun | — |
adessive | Perunál | — |
illative | Peruba | — |
sublative | Perura | — |
allative | Peruhoz | — |
elative | Peruból | — |
delative | Peruról | — |
ablative | Perutól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Perué | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Peruéi | — |
Possessive forms of Peru | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Perum | — |
2nd person sing. | Perud | — |
3rd person sing. | Peruja | — |
1st person plural | Perunk | — |
2nd person plural | Perutok | — |
3rd person plural | Perujuk | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Peru f (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru n (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Peru in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Peru in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru m
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Rarotongan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
References[edit]
“Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension[edit]
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru n (genitive singular Peru)
- Peru (a country in South America)
References[edit]
- “Peru”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2023
Swedish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru n (genitive Perus)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Anagrams[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Perú (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)
- Peru (a country in South America)
- 1980, Yem klamangen benwu tekuy, Summer Institute of Linguistics:
- ...na Kastila naman ang wikang ginagamit sa ibang mga bansang tulad ng Venezuela, Colombia, Ekuwador, Peru, Tsile, Bolibya, Paragway, Urugway, at Argentina. Katulad ng ating bansang Pilipinas, sinakop din ng mga Kastila ang mga bansang nabanggit.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Peru'm | Perularım / Peru'larım |
senin (your) | Peru'n | Peruların / Peru'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Peru'su | Peruları / Peru'ları |
bizim (our) | Peru'muz | Perularımız / Peru'larımız |
sizin (your) | Peru'nuz | Perularınız / Peru'larınız |
onların (their) | Peru'su / Peruları / Peru'ları | Peruları / Peru'ları |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (countries of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela
Turkmen[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Uzbek[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Quechua
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/uː
- Rhymes:English/uː/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Peru
- en:Countries in South America
- en:Countries
- en:Cities in Illinois, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Indiana, USA
- en:County seats of Indiana, USA
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Cities in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Towns in Maine, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Maine, USA
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Cities in Nebraska, USA
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Towns in Vermont, USA
- en:Places in Vermont, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Towns in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani proper nouns
- az:Peru
- az:Countries in South America
- az:Countries
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Peru
- nhn:Countries in South America
- nhn:Countries
- Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl proper nouns
- Classical Nahuatl locatives
- nci:Peru
- nci:Countries in South America
- nci:Countries
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech indeclinable nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Peru
- cs:Countries in South America
- cs:Countries
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Peru
- nl:Countries in South America
- nl:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eru
- Rhymes:Finnish/eru/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Peru
- fi:Countries in South America
- fi:Countries
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/uː
- Rhymes:German/uː/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Peru
- de:Countries in South America
- de:Countries
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Peru
- hu:Countries in South America
- hu:Countries
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian indeclinable nouns
- lv:Peru
- lv:Countries in South America
- lv:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Peru
- nb:Countries in South America
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Peru
- nn:Countries in South America
- nn:Countries
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛru
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛru/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Peru
- pl:Countries in South America
- pl:Countries
- Polish exonyms
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Quechua
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/u
- Rhymes:Portuguese/u/2 syllables
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Peru
- pt:Countries in South America
- pt:Countries
- Rarotongan terms borrowed from English
- Rarotongan terms derived from English
- Rarotongan terms borrowed from Spanish
- Rarotongan terms derived from Spanish
- Rarotongan lemmas
- Rarotongan proper nouns
- rar:Peru
- rar:Countries in South America
- rar:Countries
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Peru
- sh:Countries in South America
- sh:Countries
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak neuter nouns
- sk:Peru
- sk:Countries in South America
- sk:Countries
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Peru
- sv:Countries in South America
- sv:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Peru
- tl:Countries in South America
- tl:Countries
- Tagalog terms with quotations
- Turkish terms derived from Spanish
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Peru
- tr:Countries in South America
- tr:Countries
- Turkmen lemmas
- Turkmen proper nouns
- tk:Peru
- tk:Countries in South America
- tk:Countries
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek proper nouns
- uz:Peru
- uz:Countries in South America
- uz:Countries