Peru

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

English

Etymology

From Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (river). More likely from the Virú Valley, site of an ancient culture. Virú (or wiru is said by Holmer to mean bamboo.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuː/
  • (archaic, Indiana) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/
  • (file)
  • (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, the county seat of Miami County, 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

Other scripts
Cyrillic Перу
Perso-Arabic پئروُ

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

    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

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [peˈɾu]

Proper noun

Peru (locative)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛru]

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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 (a country in South America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru

  1. 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
instructive
abessive Perutta
comitative
Possessive forms of Peru (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person Peruni Perumme
2nd person Perusi Perunne
3rd person Perunsa

Derived terms

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈʁuː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

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

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru

  1. 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)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
  • peruānis m, peruāne f

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ru/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛru
  • Syllabification: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable)

  1. 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

bandeira do Peru

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru m

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

See also


Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

References

Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension


Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈperu]

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive singular Peru)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

References

  • Peru in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Anagrams


Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú (Peru).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru
  • IPA(key): /peˈɾu/, [peˈɾu]

Proper noun

Perú (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
    • 1980, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Yem klamangen benwu tekuy:
      ...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.

Turkish

Etymology

From Spanish Perú (Peru).

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Perulu

See also


Turkmen

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Uzbek

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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