Peru
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bandeira do Peru
English
Etymology
From Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuː/
- (archaic, Indiana) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Proper noun
Peru
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
- Alternative form: Perú
- A city in Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
- A township in 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
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
| Cyrillic | Перу | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | پئروُ | |
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension
| 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
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru (locative)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Further reading
- Peru in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Peru in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- Peru in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Proper noun
Peru (n)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Peru n
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
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
compounds
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru n (proper noun, genitive Perus or (optionally with an article) Peru)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Latvian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Peru f (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru n (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Peru in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Peru in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru m
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms
See also
Rarotongan
Etymology
Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
References
“Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension
Declension of Peru
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru n (genitive singular Peru)
- Peru (a country in South America)
References
- “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, 2024
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Peru n (genitive Perus)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension
declension of Peru
possessive of Peru
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
See also
- (countries of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela
Turkmen
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Uzbek
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)