Peru
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Peru Perù 
bandeira do Peru
Languages (25)
English
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English
Etymology
Borrowed 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 (UK): (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
- 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN:
- Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
- Places in the United States:
- 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
- A barangay of Lasam, Cagayan, Philippines.
- Coordinate terms: Aggunetan, Alannay, Battalan, Cabatacan East, Cabatacan West, Calapangan Norte, Calapangan Sur, Callao Norte, Callao Sur, Cataliganan, Centro I, Centro II, Centro III, Finugo Norte, Gabun, Ignacio Jurado, Magsaysay, Malinta, Minanga Norte, Minanga Sur, Nabannagan East, Nabannagan West, New Orlins, Nicolas Agatep, Peru, San Pedro, Sicalao, Tagao, Tucalan Passing, Viga — barangays of Lasam
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ペルー (Perū)
Translations
country in South America
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See also
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | Перу | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | پئروُ | |
Proper noun
Peru (definite accusative Perunu, plural Perular)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension
| 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, relational adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Further reading
- “Peru”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Peru”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Peru”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Proper noun
Peru (n)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Dutch
Pronunciation
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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; official name: Perui Köztársaság)
Declension
| 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 | — |
| 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
See also
Latvian
Etymology
Proper noun
Peru f (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms
Lithuanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Perù m (uncountable, indeclinable, relational adjective perujiẽtiškas, demonym perujiẽtis, female demonym perujiẽtė) stress pattern 2
- Peru (a country in South America; official name: Perù Respùblika)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- Peru in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
Malay
Alternative forms
- Piru (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Peru.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peru (Jawi spelling ڤيرو)
- Peru (a country in South America)
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, related adjective peruwiański)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived terms
See also
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 (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Further reading
- “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, 2003–2025
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Peru n (genitive Perus)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related terms
References
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /peˈɾu/
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: Pe‧ru
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.
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Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Peru |
| accusative | Peru'yu |
| dative | Peru'ya |
| locative | Peru'da |
| ablative | Peru'dan |
| genitive | Peru'nun |
| 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
Turkmen
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Latin | Peru |
| Cyrillic | Перу |
| Arabic | |
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
See also
Uzbek
Proper noun
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)