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Peru

Peru

See also: peru, Perú, Perù, Perû, Perũ, and Perū
Coat of arms of Peru

English

Proper noun

Peru

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru.
  2. A city in Illinois
  3. A city in 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

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Azeri

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

Czech

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eru

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

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

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈʁuː/

Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)

  1. Peru

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Latvian

Proper noun

Peru f (indeclinable)

  1. Peru

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  • peruānis m, peruāne f

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛru/

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru

Derived terms

  • Peruwiańczyk m, Peruwianka f
  • adjective: peruwiański

Portuguese

bandeira do Peru

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈɾu/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈɾu/
  • Homophone: peru
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru m

  1. Peru (a country of South America)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

  1. Peru

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Swedish

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Perú (Peru).

Proper noun

Perú

  1. Peru

Turkmen

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

Uzbek

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru

peru

peru

See also: Peru, Perú, Perù, Perû, Perũ, and Perū

Extremaduran

Conjunction

peru

  1. but

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eru

Noun

peru

  1. heritage
  2. origin

Declension

Only a few cases are used.

Inflection of peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative peru perut
genitive perun perujen
partitive perua peruja
illative peruun peruihin
singular plural
nominative peru perut
accusative nom. peru perut
gen. perun
genitive perun perujen
partitive perua peruja
inessive perussa peruissa
elative perusta peruista
illative peruun peruihin
adessive perulla peruilla
ablative perulta peruilta
allative perulle peruille
essive peruna peruina
translative peruksi peruiksi
instructive peruin
abessive perutta peruitta
comitative peruineen

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • perunkirjoitus
  • perunkirjoittaja

Verb

peru

  1. Indicative present connegative form of perua.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of perua.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of perua.

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Icelandic

Noun

peru

  1. indefinite accusative singular of pera
  2. indefinite dative singular of pera
  3. indefinite genitive singular of pera

Latvian

Noun

peru m

  1. genitive plural form of peri

Portuguese

peru (Meleagris gallopavo)

Etymology

From Peru (Peru, also frequently used as a pars pro toto to refer to all the Spanish settlements in America).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈɾu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈɾu/
  • Homophone: Peru
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ru
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

peru m (plural perus)

  1. turkey
  2. (slang) ****

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