Peru

See also: peru, Perú, Perù, Perû, Perũ, Perū, and pēru

English

Etymology

From Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (river).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuː/
  • (archaic, Indiana) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Peru

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru.
  2. A city in Illinois
  3. A city in Indiana
  4. A city in Kansas
  5. A town in Maine
  6. A town in Massachusetts
  7. A city in Nebraska
  8. A town in New York
  9. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania
  10. A town in Vermont
  11. An unincorporated community in West Virginia
  12. A town in Wisconsin

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

Declension


Czech

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru

Further reading

  • Peru in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Peru in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eru

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

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
instructive
abessive Perutta
comitative

Derived terms

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈʁuː/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)

  1. Peru

Derived terms


Latvian

Etymology

Proper noun

Peru f (indeclinable)

  1. Peru
  • peruānis m, peruāne f

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ru/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable)

  1. Peru

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Peru in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

bandeira do Peru

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (river).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈɾu/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈɾu/
  • Homophone: peru
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru m

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peru/
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

  1. Peru

Declension


Swedish

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)

  1. Peru

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Perú (Peru).

Proper noun

Perú

  1. Peru

Turkmen

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

Uzbek

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru
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