Peru
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuː/
- (archaic, Indiana) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Proper nounEdit
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 unincorporated community in Pennsylvania
- A town in Vermont
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia
- A town in Wisconsin
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TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
AnagramsEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
Cyrillic | Перу | |
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Perso-Arabic | پئروُ |
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Peru | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | Peru |
Perular | ||||||
definite accusative | Perunu |
Peruları | ||||||
dative | Peruya |
Perulara | ||||||
locative | Peruda |
Perularda | ||||||
ablative | Perudan |
Perulardan | ||||||
definite genitive | Perunun |
Peruların |
Central NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
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Classical NahuatlEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru (locative)
- Peru (a country in South America)
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)
- Peru (a country in South America; capital: Lima)
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Peru n
- Peru (a country in South America)
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FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of Peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | See the possessive forms below. |
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AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru n (proper noun, genitive Perus or (optionally with an article) Peru)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 termsEdit
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper nounEdit
Peru f (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
Related termsEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru n (indeclinable)
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru m
- Peru (a country in South America)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
RarotonganEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
ReferencesEdit
“Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)
- Peru (a country in South America)
DeclensionEdit
singular | |
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nominative | Peru |
genitive | Perua |
dative | Peruu |
accusative | Peru |
vocative | Peru |
locative | Peruu |
instrumental | Peruom |
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru n (genitive singular Peru)
- Peru (a country in South America)
ReferencesEdit
- Peru in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SwedishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru n (genitive Perus)
- Peru (a country in South America)
AnagramsEdit
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Perú (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)
- 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 quote)
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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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 termsEdit
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TurkmenEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)
UzbekEdit
Proper nounEdit
Peru
- Peru (a country in South America)