Peru

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuː/
• (archaic, Indiana) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

Peru

2. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

   Alternative form: Perú

3. A city in Illinois.
4. A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
5. A township in Miami County, Indiana.
6. A city in Kansas.
7. A town in Maine.
8. A town in Massachusetts.
9. A city in Nebraska.
10. A town in New York.
11. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
12. A town in Vermont.
13. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
14. A town in Wisconsin

• apple of Peru
• apple-peru
• balsam of Peru
• marvel of Peru
• Peru Current

• Peruvian

• → Japanese: ペルー (Perū)

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

• Pu'er, puer, Prue, reup, re-up, Puer, Pre-U, pure, pu'er, Rupe

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Перу
Abjad		پئروُ

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension of Peru
	singular	plural
nominative	Peru	Perular
definite accusative	Perunu	Peruları
dative	Peruya	Perulara
locative	Peruda	Perularda
ablative	Perudan	Perulardan
definite genitive	Perunun	Peruların

Possessive forms of Peru
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Perum	Perularım
sənin (“your”)	Perun	Peruların
onun (“his/her/its”)	Perusu	Peruları
bizim (“our”)	Perumuz	Perularımız
sizin (“your”)	Perunuz	Perularınız
onların (“their”)	Perusu or Peruları	Peruları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Perumu	Perularımı
sənin (“your”)	Perunu	Perularını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Perusunu	Perularını
bizim (“our”)	Perumuzu	Perularımızı
sizin (“your”)	Perunuzu	Perularınızı
onların (“their”)	Perusunu or Perularını	Perularını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Peruma	Perularıma
sənin (“your”)	Peruna	Perularına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Perusuna	Perularına
bizim (“our”)	Perumuza	Perularımıza
sizin (“your”)	Perunuza	Perularınıza
onların (“their”)	Perusuna or Perularına	Perularına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Perumda	Perularımda
sənin (“your”)	Perunda	Perularında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Perusunda	Perularında
bizim (“our”)	Perumuzda	Perularımızda
sizin (“your”)	Perunuzda	Perularınızda
onların (“their”)	Perusunda or Perularında	Perularında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Perumdan	Perularımdan
sənin (“your”)	Perundan	Perularından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Perusundan	Perularından
bizim (“our”)	Perumuzdan	Perularımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Perunuzdan	Perularınızdan
onların (“their”)	Perusundan or Perularından	Perularından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Perumun	Perularımın
sənin (“your”)	Perunun	Perularının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Perusunun	Perularının
bizim (“our”)	Perumuzun	Perularımızın
sizin (“your”)	Perunuzun	Perularınızın
onların (“their”)	Perusunun or Perularının	Perularının

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• peruichcatl
• perucuahuitl

• Pelon, piru, Pirũ (obsolete spellings)

• IPA^(key): [peˈɾu]

Peru (locative)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛru]

Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• “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)

Peru (n)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): /peːˈru/, /pəˈru/

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Peru n

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• Peruaan
• Peruaans

From Spanish Perú.

• IPA^(key): /ˈperu/, [ˈpe̞ru]
• Rhymes: -eru
• Hyphenation^(key): Pe‧ru

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• pure

• IPA^(key): /peˈʁuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

Peru n (proper noun, genitive Perus or (optionally with an article) Peru)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• Peruaner
• peruanisch

• “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛru]
• Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

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	—

• perui

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

Peru f (indeclinable)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• peruānis m, peruāne f

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

• IPA^(key): [pʲɛˈrʊ]
• Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Perù m (uncountable, indeclinable, related adjective perujiẽtiškas, demonym perujiẽtis, female demonym perujiẽtė) stress pattern 2

1. Peru (a country in South America; official name: Perù Respùblika)

• (countries of South America) Pietų Amerikos valstybės; Argentina, Bolivija, Brazilija, Čilė, Ekvadoras, Gajana, Kolumbija, Paragvajus, Peru, Surinamas, Urugvajus, Venesuela

• Peru in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

• Piru (obsolete spelling)

Borrowed from Portuguese Peru.

• IPA^(key): [pe.ru]
• Rhymes: -ru, -u
• Hyphenation: Pé‧ru

Peru (Jawi spelling ڤيرو)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• peruaner
• peruansk

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• peruan, peruanar
• peruansk

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ru/

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• Rhymes: -ɛru
• Syllabification: Pe‧ru

Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruwiański)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• (countries of South America) kraje Ameryki Południowej; Argentyna, Boliwia, Brazylia, Chile, Ekwador, Gujana, Kolumbia, Paragwaj, Peru, Surinam, Urugwaj, Wenezuela

• Peru in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Peru in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• Rhymes: -u
• Homophone: peru
• Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Peru m

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• peru
• peruano

• Lima

Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

“Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

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

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): [ˈperu]

Peru n (indeclinable)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• “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, 2003–2024

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Peru n (genitive Perus)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• peruan
• peruansk
• peruanska

• Peru in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

• pure

Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /peˈɾu/ [pɛˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: Pe‧ru

Perú (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

1. 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)

From Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

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Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

• Perulu

• (countries of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)