Peru

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

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuː/
• (archaic, Indiana) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Peru

2. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

   Alternative form: Perú

   • 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• Peruvian

Descendants

• → Japanese: ペルー (Perū)

Translations

country in South America

• Abkhaz: Перу (Pʼeru)
• Adyghe: Перу (Peru)
• Afrikaans: Peru
• Albanian: Perú f (indefinite), Perúja (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ፔሩ (peru)
• Arabic: بِيرُو f (bērū), البِيرُو f (al-bērū)

  Hijazi Arabic: بيرو f (bīru)

• Armenian: Պերու (Peru)
• Asturian: Perú (ast)
• Aymara: Piruw
• 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:

  Cantonese: 秘魯 / 秘鲁 (bei³ lou⁵)

  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 (perú)
• 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 (kk) (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

• Odia: ପେରୁ (or) (peru)
• Oromo: Peeruu
• Pashto: پېرو m (pero)
• Persian:

  Dari: پیرُو (pērū)

  Iranian Persian: پِرو (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
• Sranan Tongo: Peru
• 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: پیرُو m (perū)
• Uyghur: پېرۇ (përu)
• Uzbek: Peru (uz)
• Vietnamese: Pê-ru
• West Frisian: Perû
• Yiddish: פּערו n (peru)
• Yoruba: Peru

See also

countries in South America (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Anagrams

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

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Перу
Abjad		پئروُ

Proper noun

Peru (definite accusative Perunu, plural Perular)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛru]

Proper noun

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

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Further reading

• “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), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Peru (n)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːˈru/, /pəˈru/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Peru n

1. 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
• Hyphenation^(key): Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru

1. 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	—
	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

• perulainen

compounds

• perunhemuli
• perunrotta

Anagrams

• pure

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈʁuː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

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

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Peruaner
• peruanisch

Further reading

• “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America; official name: Perui Köztársaság)

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

See also

countries in South America: Dél-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Argentína
• Bolívia
• Brazília
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Kolumbia
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Latvian

Peru

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

Proper noun

Peru f (indeclinable)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

• peruānis m, peruāne f

Lithuanian

Perù

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Perù m (uncountable, indeclinable, relational adjective perujiẽtiškas, demonym perujiẽtis, female demonym perujiẽtė) stress pattern 2

1. Peru (a country in South America; official name: Perù Respùblika)

Related terms

• perùvinis

See also

countries in South America: Pietų Amerikos valstybės (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivija
• Brazilija
• Čilė
• Ekvadoras
• Gajana
• Kolumbija
• Paragvajus
• Peru
• Surinamas
• Urugvajus
• Venesuela

Further reading

• Peru in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

Malay

Alternative forms

• Piru (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Peru.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peru (Jawi spelling ڤيرو)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

• peruaner
• peruansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

• peruan, peruanar
• peruansk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ru/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛru
• Syllabification: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruwiański)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Peruwianka
• Peruwiańczyk

See also

countries in South America: kraje Ameryki Południowej (appendix)edit

• Argentyna
• Boliwia
• Brazylia
• Chile
• Ekwador
• Gujana
• Kolumbia
• Paragwaj
• Peru
• Surinam
• Urugwaj
• Wenezuela

Further reading

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

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

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• peru
• peruano

See also

• Lima

Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.

Proper noun

Peru

1. 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)

1. 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 (indeclinable)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Related terms

• peruan
• peruansk
• peruanska

References

• Peru in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• pure

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /peˈɾu/ [pɛˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

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

Etymology

From Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Peru

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

Possessive forms 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

See also

countries in South America: Güney Amerika ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Arjantin
• Bolivya
• Brezilya
• Ekvador
• Guyana
• Kolombiya
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Şili
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Turkmen

Proper noun

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)

Uzbek

Proper noun

Peru

1. Peru (a country in South America)