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/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Peru

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru.
A city in Illinois
A city, the county seat of 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Pennsylvania
A town in Vermont
An unincorporatedcommunity in West Virginia
A town in Wisconsin

Derived terms

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

Related terms

Peruvian

Translations

country in South America

Abkhaz: Перу (Pʼeru)
Adyghe: Перу (Peeru)
Afrikaans: Peru
Albanian: Peru f (indefinite), Peruja (sq) f (definite)
Amharic: ፔሩ (peru)
Arabic: بِيرُو‎ f (bērū)
Hijazi Arabic: پيرو‎ f (pīru, pīrū, pēru)
Armenian: Պերու (Peru)
Asturian: Perú (ast)
Aymara: Piruw (ay)
Azerbaijani: Peru (az)
Belarusian: Перу́ n (Pjerú), Пэру́ n (Perú)
Bengali: পেরু (bn) (peru)
Breton: Perou (br)
Bulgarian: Перу́ n (Perú)
Burmese: ပီရူး (piru:)
Catalan: Perú (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 秘魯／秘鲁 (zh) (Bìlǔ)
Czech: Peru (cs) n
Danish: Peru (da) n
Dhivehi: ޕެރޫ‎ (perū)
Dutch: Peru (nl) n
Esperanto: Peruo (eo)
Estonian: Peruu (et)
Finnish: Peru (fi)
French: Pérou (fr) m
Galician: Perú (gl) m
Georgian: პერუ (ṗeru)
German: Peru (de) n
Greek: Περού (el) n (Peroú)
Guaraní: Perũ
Hebrew: פֵּרוּ‎ (he) f (peru)
Hindi: पेरू (hi) m (perū)
Hungarian: Peru (hu)
Icelandic: Perú (is) n
Indonesian: Peru (id)
Interlingua: Peru
Irish: Peiriú
Italian: Perù (it) m
Japanese: ペルー (ja) (Perū)
Kalenjin: Peru
Kamba: Peruu
Kazakh: Перу (Peru)
Khmer: ប៉េរូ (km) (peeruu)
Kikuyu: Peru
Korean: 페루 (ko) (Peru), 뻬루 (ko) (Pperu) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Perû (ku)
Kyrgyz: Перу (ky) (Peru)
Lao: ເປລູ (pē lū), ເປຣູ (pē rū)
Latin: Perūvia f, Perūvium n
Latvian: Peru (lv) f
Lithuanian: Peru (lt) f
Luhya: Peru
Luo: Peru
Macedonian: Перу n (Peru)
Malay: Peru
Marathi: पेरू m (perū)
Matsés: please add this translation if you can
Meru: Peru
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Перу (Peru)
Navajo: Dibénééz Bikéyah
Norman: Pérou m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Peru n
Oriya: ପେରୁ (or) (peru)
Oromo: Peeruu
Pashto: پېرو‎ m (рero)
Persian: پرو‎ (fa) (peru)
Pisabo: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Peru (pl) n
Portuguese: Peru (pt) m
Quechua: Piruw
Rarotongan: Peru
Romanian: Peru (ro) n
Russian: Перу́ (ru) n (Perú)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Перу m
Roman: Peru (sh) m
Shan: မိူင်းပေႇရူႉ (móeng pèe rṵ̂u)
Sinhalese: පේරු (pēru)
Slovak: Peru (sk) n
Slovene: Peru (sl) m
Spanish: Perú (es) m
Swahili: Peruu (sw)
Swedish: Peru (sv) n
Tagalog: Peru
Tajik: Перу (tg) (Peru)
Tatar: Перу (Peru)
Telugu: పెరూ (te) (perū)
Thai: เปรู (th) (bpee-ruu)
Tibetan: པེ་རུ (pe ru)
Turkish: Peru (tr)
Turkmen: Peru
Ukrainian: Перу́ (uk) n (Perú)
Urdu: پیرو‎ m (perū)
Uyghur: پېرۇ‎ (përu)
Uzbek: Peru (uz)
Vietnamese: Pê-ru
Yiddish: פּערו‎ n (peru)
Yoruba: Peru

Anagrams

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

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		Перу
Perso-Arabic		پئروُ‎

Proper noun

Peru

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

Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

peruichcatl
perucuahuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pelon, piru, Pirũ (obsolete spellings)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [peˈɾu]

Proper noun

Peru (locative)

Peru (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɛru]

Proper noun

Peru n

Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

peruánský
Peruánec

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Proper noun

Peru n

Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

Peruaan
Peruaans

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

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

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	—
accusative	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

perulainen

Anagrams

pure

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈʁuː/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

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

Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Peruaner
peruanisch

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɛru]
Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru

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

perui

Latvian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Peru f (indeclinable)

Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

peruānis m, peruāne f

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Peru

Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

peruaner
peruansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Peru

Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

peruan, peruanar
peruansk

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable)

Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

adjective

peruwiański

nouns

Peruwianka
Peruwiańczyk

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/

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

Proper noun

Peru m

Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

peru
peruano

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

IPA^(key): /peru/
Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Peru

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈperu]

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive singular Peru)

Peru (a country in South America)

References

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)

Peru (a country in South America)

Anagrams

pure

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

IPA^(key): /peˈɾu/, [peˈɾu]

Proper noun

Perú (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

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

Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

declension of Peru

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Peru
accusative (belirtme)	Peru'yu
dative (yönelme)	Peru'ya
locative (bulunma)	Peru'da
ablative (çıkma)	Peru'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	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

Derived terms

Perulu

Turkmen

Proper noun

Peru

Peru (a country in South America)

Uzbek

Proper noun

Peru

Peru (a country in South America)

Peru

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Declension

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Related terms

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Related terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Related terms

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Derived terms

Latvian

Etymology

Proper noun

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Related terms

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

See also

Rarotongan

Etymology

Proper noun

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

References

Swedish