Peru

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

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 Peru (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic Перу
Abjad پئروُ

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

    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[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru (locative)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Further reading[edit]

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

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru (n)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Peru n

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

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 — —

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian[edit]

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Peru f (indeclinable)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

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Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru n (indeclinable)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
nouns

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
bandeira do Peru

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru m

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Rarotongan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

References[edit]

“Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

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

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru n (genitive singular Peru)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

References[edit]

  • “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, 2024

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru n (genitive Perus)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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)

Turkish[edit]

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

Turkmen[edit]

Turkmen Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tk

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Uzbek[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
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