Peru
English
Etymology
From Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Proper noun
Peru
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru.
- A city in Illinois
- A city in 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
Related terms
Translations
country in South America
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See also
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
Peru
Declension
Declension of Peru
Possessive forms of Peru
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru n
Related terms
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Proper noun
Peru n
Related terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eru
Proper noun
Peru
Declension
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
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru n (proper noun, strong, genitive Perus)
Derived terms
Latvian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Peru f (indeclinable)
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Peru
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Peru
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru n (indeclinable)
Derived terms
- (nouns) Peruwiańczyk, Peruwianka
- (adjective) peruwiański
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 276: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /peˈɾu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 276: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɨˈɾu/
- Homophone: peru
- Hyphenation: Pe‧ru
Proper noun
Peru m
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)
Declension
Declension of Peru
Swedish
Proper noun
Peru n (genitive Perus)
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Proper noun
Perú
Synonyms
Turkmen
Proper noun
Peru
Uzbek
Proper noun
Peru
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