Peruvian

English

Etymology

From Peru +‎ -v- +‎ -ian, or from Latin Peruvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuː.vi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːviən

Noun

Peruvian (plural Peruvians)

1. A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.
   • 2020 November 23, Claudia Rebaza, “‘They messed with the wrong generation’: How young people shook up politics in Peru”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     After a raucous two weeks of power plays at the highest levels of government that saw three different men pass through Peru’s presidency, thousands of young Peruvians have reinvigorated protest and politics.

Translations

person from Peru

• Asturian: peruanu (ast) m, peruana (ast) f
• Catalan: peruà (ca) m, peruana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 秘魯人 / 秘鲁人 (zh) (bìlǔrén, mìlǔrén)

• Czech: Peruánec (cs) m
• Dutch: Peruaan (nl) m, Peruaanse (nl) f, Peruviaan (nl) m, Peruviaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: peruano (man or woman), peruanino (woman)
• Finnish: perulainen (fi)
• French: Péruvien (fr) m, Péruvienne (fr) f
• Galician: peruano (gl) m
• German: Peruaner (de) m, Peruanerin (de) f
• Greek: Περουβιανός (el) m (Perouvianós), Περουβιανή f (Perouvianí)
• Hebrew: פרואני (he) m, פרואנית f
• Ido: Peruano (io)
• Italian: peruviano (it) m, peruviana f
• Japanese: ペルー人 (ja) (Perūjin)
• Korean: 페루인 (peru'in)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: peruaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: peruan (nn) m, peruanar (nn) m

• Polish: Peruwiańczyk (pl) m, Peruwianka (pl) f
• Portuguese: peruano (pt) m
• Romanian: peruan (ro) m, peruană (ro) f
• Russian: перуа́нец (ru) m (peruánec), перуа́нка (ru) f (peruánka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Peruanac (sh) m, Peruanka f
• Spanish: peruano (es) m, peruana (es) f
• Swahili: Mperuu (sw)
• Swedish: peruan (sv) m, peruanska (sv) f
• Tagalog: Perubyano
• Turkish: Perulu (tr)
• Welsh: Periwiad m or f

Adjective

Peruvian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.
   • 2010 March 26, Patricia Brooks, “Culinary Surprises and Peruvian Charm”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 June 2022:

     My favorite was the simplest: alfajor, a double-deck Peruvian cookie, spread with a layer of caramel.

Derived terms

• Afro-Peruvian
• Peruvian apple cactus
• Peruvian daffodil
• Peruvian desert fox
• Peruvian Hairless Dog
• Peruvian Inca Orchid
• Peruvianization
• Peruvianize
• Peruvianness
• Peruvian nutmeg
• Peruvian sheartail
• Peruvian torch
• Peruvian wart

Translations

pertaining to Peru

• Asturian: peruanu (ast)
• Catalan: peruà (ca)
• Czech: peruánský (cs)
• Dutch: Peruaans (nl), Peruviaans (nl)
• Esperanto: Perua
• Finnish: perulainen (fi)
• French: péruvien (fr)
• Galician: peruano (gl)
• German: peruanisch (de)
• Greek: περουβιανός (el) (perouvianós)
• Hebrew: פרואנית f
• Italian: peruviano (it)
• Japanese: ペルー (ja) (Perū)の
• Latin: peruvianus m, peruviana f, peruvianum n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: peruansk (no)

  Nynorsk: peruansk (nn)

• Polish: peruwiański (pl)
• Portuguese: peruano (pt)
• Romanian: peruan (ro), peruvian (ro)
• Russian: перуа́нский (ru) (peruánskij)
• Spanish: peruano (es)
• Swahili: Kiperuu
• Swedish: peruansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: перуа́нський (peruánsʹkyj)
• Welsh: Periweg, Periwaidd