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Peru

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

English

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 Peru (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology

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

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Peru

  2. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
    Alternative form: Perú
  3. Places in the United States:
    1. A city in Illinois.
    2. A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
    3. A township in 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
  4. 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

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: ペルー (Perū)

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Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic Перу
Abjad پئروُ

Proper noun

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Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

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    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

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Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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Alternative forms

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Peru (locative)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Czech

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

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Further reading

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  • “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)

Danish

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Peru (n)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Dutch

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Peru n

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

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

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Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

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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.
Possessive forms of Peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Peruni —
accusative nom. Peruni —
gen. Peruni
genitive Peruni —
partitive Peruani —
inessive Perussani —
elative Perustani —
illative Peruuni —
adessive Perullani —
ablative Perultani —
allative Perulleni —
essive Perunani —
translative Perukseni —
abessive Peruttani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Perusi —
accusative nom. Perusi —
gen. Perusi
genitive Perusi —
partitive Peruasi —
inessive Perussasi —
elative Perustasi —
illative Peruusi —
adessive Perullasi —
ablative Perultasi —
allative Perullesi —
essive Perunasi —
translative Peruksesi —
abessive Peruttasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perumme —
accusative nom. Perumme —
gen. Perumme
genitive Perumme —
partitive Peruamme —
inessive Perussamme —
elative Perustamme —
illative Peruumme —
adessive Perullamme —
ablative Perultamme —
allative Perullemme —
essive Perunamme —
translative Peruksemme —
abessive Peruttamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perunne —
accusative nom. Perunne —
gen. Perunne
genitive Perunne —
partitive Peruanne —
inessive Perussanne —
elative Perustanne —
illative Peruunne —
adessive Perullanne —
ablative Perultanne —
allative Perullenne —
essive Perunanne —
translative Peruksenne —
abessive Peruttanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Perunsa —
accusative nom. Perunsa —
gen. Perunsa
genitive Perunsa —
partitive Peruaan
Peruansa 		—
inessive Perussaan
Perussansa 		—
elative Perustaan
Perustansa 		—
illative Peruunsa —
adessive Perullaan
Perullansa 		—
ablative Perultaan
Perultansa 		—
allative Perulleen
Perullensa 		—
essive Perunaan
Perunansa 		—
translative Perukseen
Peruksensa 		—
abessive Peruttaan
Peruttansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

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German

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

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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Further reading

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  • “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

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Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

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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 —

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Latvian

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 Peru on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Peru

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

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Peru f (indeclinable)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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Lithuanian

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 Peru on Lithuanian Wikipedia
 
Perù

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

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

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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)
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Malay

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Alternative forms

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  • Piru (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Peru.

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

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Peru (Jawi spelling ڤيرو)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruwiański)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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bandeira do Peru

Etymology

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

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    Peru m

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

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    Rarotongan

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.

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    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    References

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    “Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

    Serbo-Croatian

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

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    Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

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    Declension of Peru
    singular
    nominative Peru
    genitive Perua
    dative Peruu
    accusative Peru
    vocative Peru
    locative Peruu
    instrumental Peruom

    Slovak

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    Peru n (indeclinable)

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

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    • “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

    Swedish

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    Peru n (genitive Perus)

    1. Peru (a country in South America)
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    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

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    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.
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    Etymology

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    From Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

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    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

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    Declension of Peru
    singular
    nominative Peru
    accusative Peru'yu
    dative Peru'ya
    locative Peru'da
    ablative Peru'dan
    genitive Peru'nun
        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

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    Turkmen

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    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

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    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)
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