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Peru
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Appendix:Variations of "peru"
English
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thumb|240px|Flag of Peru
Etymology
en :bor es:Perú
en es Perú, possibly from the personal name und Birú, or from the en qu pelu river.
Pronunciation
en /pəˈɹuː/ RP
en /pəˈɹʉw/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Peru.wav London
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Peru.wav Southern England
en /pəˈɹu/ US
en en-us-Peru.ogg US
en /pəˈɹʉː/ AU,NZ
en /pəˈɹʉ/ Scotland
en /pəˈɹɪʊ/ Wales
en /ˈpɪəɹuː/ archaic,Indiana
en uː 2
Proper noun
en Q419en country cont/South America Lima Republic of Peru.
en Perú
en Sandee LaMotte ‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/health/food-supply-safety-loopholes-wellness/index.html 2024-10-03 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260306113159/https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/health/food-supply-safety-loopholes-wellness/index.html 6 March 2026
Places in the United States:
en city s/Illinois.
en city/county seat co/Miami County s/Indiana.
en twp co/Miami County s/Indiana.
en city s/Kansas.
en town co/Oxford County s/Maine, named after the country.
en town co/Berkshire County s/Massachusetts.
en city s/Nebraska.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Clinton County s/New York. TopoZone: Peru, New York
en ucomm s/Pennsylvania.
en town co/Bennington County s/Vermont.
en ucomm s/West Virginia.
en town s/Wisconsin.
en barangay mun/Lasam p/Cagayan c/Philippines.
II Cagayan Lasam
Derived terms
en apple of Peru apple-peru balsam of Peru marvel of Peru Peru Current Upper Peru West Peru
Related terms
en Peruvian
Descendants
ja 1 ペルー Perū
Translations
Q419 country in South America
Abkhaz: ab Перу
Afrikaans: af Peru
Albanian: sq Perú f indefinite, sq Perúja f definite
Amharic: am ፔሩ
Arabic: ar بِيرُو f bērū, ar البِيرُو f al-bērū
Hijazi Arabic: acw بيرو f bīru
Armenian: hy Պերու
Asturian: ast Perú
Aymara: ay Piruw
Azerbaijani: az Peru
Belarusian: be Перу́ n, be Пэру́ n
Bengali: bn পেরু
Breton: br Perou
Bulgarian: bg Перу́ n
Burmese: my ပီရူး
Catalan: ca Perú
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 秘魯
Mandarin: cmn 秘魯 Bìlǔ
Circassian:
West Circassian: ady Перу
Czech: cs Peru n
Danish: da Peru n
Dhivehi: dv ޕެރޫ
Dutch: nl Peru n
Esperanto: eo Peruo
Estonian: et Peruu
Finnish: fi Peru
French: fr Pérou m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Perû
Galician: gl Perú m
Georgian: ka პერუ
German: de Peru n
Greek: el Περού n
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug Perũ
Hebrew: he פֵּרוּ f perú
Hindi: hi पेरू m
Hungarian: hu Peru
Icelandic: is Perú n
Indonesian: id Peru
Interlingua: ia Peru
Irish: ga Peiriú
Italian: it Perù m
Japanese: ja ペルー Perū
Kalenjin: kln Peru
Kamba: kam Peruu
Kazakh: kk Перу
Khmer: km ប៉េរូ
Kikuyu: ki Peru
Korean: ko ^페루, ko ^뻬루 North Korea
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Perû
Kyrgyz: ky Перу
Lao: lo ເປລູ, lo ເປຣູ
Latin: la Perūvia f, la Perūvium n
Latvian: lv Peru f
Lithuanian: lt Peru f
Luhya: luy Peru
Luo: luo Peru
Macedonian: mk Перу n
Malay: ms Peru
Marathi: mr पेरू m
Matsés: mcf
Meru: mer Peru
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Перу
Norman: nrf Pérou m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Peru n
Odia: or ପେରୁ
Oromo: om Peeruu
Pashto: ps پېرو m pero
Persian:
Dari: prs پیرُو
Iranian Persian: fa-ira پِرو
Pisabo: pig
Polish: pl Peru n
Portuguese: pt Peru m
Quechua: qu Piruw
Rarotongan: rar Peru
Romanian: ro Peru n
Russian: ru Перу́ n
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Перу m
Latin: sh Peru m
Shan: shn မိူင်းပေႇရူႉ
Sinhalese: si පේරු
Slovak: sk Peru n
Slovene: sl Peru m
Spanish: es Perú m
Sranan Tongo: srn Peru
Swahili: sw Peruu
Swedish: sv Peru n
Tagalog: tl Peru
Tajik: tg Перу
Tamil: ta பெரு
Tatar: tt Перу
Telugu: te పెరూ
Thai: th เปรู
Tibetan: bo པེ་རུ
Turkish: tr Peru
Ottoman Turkish: ota پرو peru
Turkmen: tk Peru
Ukrainian: uk Перу́ n
Urdu: ur پیرُو m
Uyghur: ug پېرۇ
Uzbek: uz Peru
Vietnamese: vi Pê-ru
Yiddish: yi פּערו n
Yoruba: yo Peru
See also
References
Anagrams
en epru Pu'er puer Prue reup re-up Puer Pre-U pure pu'er Rupe
Azerbaijani
az:
Перу پئروُ
Etymology
az :bor ru:Перу́ ++ 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
no
az Peru Q419
Derived terms
az perulu
Declension
u no
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Peru Q419
Related terms
cs peruichcatl
cs perucuahuitl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
nci Pelon, nci piru, nci Pirũ obsolete spellings
Pronunciation
nci [peˈɾu]
Proper noun
Peru loc
nci Peru Q419
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
n 1 peruánský Peruánec
cs Peru Q419
Further reading
Danish
Proper noun
n
da Peru Q419
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /peːˈru/ /pəˈru/
nl Nl-Peru.ogg
Proper noun
n
nl Peru Q419
Related terms
nl Peruaan
nl Peruaans
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi es Perú.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Peru Q419
Declension
sg Per u a
Derived terms
fi perulainen
fi compounds perunhemuli perunrotta
Anagrams
fi epru pure
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /peˈʁuː/
de De-Peru.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de uː 2
Proper noun
toponym
de Peru Q419
Derived terms
de Peruaner
de peruanisch
Further reading
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Pe ru
hu ru 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu Peru Q419 hu:Perui Köztársaság
Declension
Peru o sgPeru sg
Derived terms
hu perui
See also
Latvian
lv:
thumb|250px|Peru
Etymology
lv es Perú.
Proper noun
f -
lv Peru Q419
Related terms
lv peruānis m, lv peruāne f
Lithuanian
lt:
thumb|Perù
Etymology
lt es Perú.
Pronunciation
lt [pʲɛˈrʊ]
lt Pe ru
Proper noun
m Perù - 1 perujiẽtiškas perujiẽtis perujiẽtė
lt Peru Q419 lt:Perù Respùblika
Related terms
lt perùvinis
See also
Further reading
Malay
Alternative forms
ms Piru obsolete spelling
Etymology
ms pt Peru.
Pronunciation
ms [pe.ru]
ms ru u 2
ms Pé ru
Proper noun
ڤيرو
ms Peru Q419
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Peru Q419
Related terms
nb peruaner
nb peruansk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Peru Q419
Related terms
nn peruan, nn peruanar
nn peruansk
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
Pl-Peru.ogg
Proper noun
n yes peruwiański
pl Peru Q419
Derived terms
pl Peruwiańczyk Peruwianka
See also
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
pt:
thumb|250px|bandeira do Peru
Alternative forms
pt Perú 1931
Etymology
pt :bor es:Perú<id:Peru> country
pt es Perú, possibly from the native name unk Birú, or from the pt qu pelu river.
Pronunciation
pt u 2
pt peru
pt Pe ru
Proper noun
m
pt Peru Q419
Derived terms
pt peru peruano
See also
pt Lima
Rarotongan
Etymology
Borrowed from rar en Peru and rar es Peru.
Proper noun
rar proper noun Peru
rar Peru Q419
References
Serbo-Croatian
sh:,sr:,hr:,bs:
Pronunciation
Pèrū
sh Pe ru
Proper noun
Pèrū m-in perùānskī Peruánac Perùānka
sh Peru Q419
Declension
Peru Perua Peruu Peru Peru Peruu Peruom
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
n 1
sk Peru Q419
Further reading
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
Perú
Proper noun
Perú m-in
sl Peru Q419
Declension
Perú Perúj sg
Related terms
sl Perújec / sl Perújka
sl perújski
See also
References
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Peru.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Peru Q419
Related terms
sv peruan
sv peruansk
sv peruanska
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
Anagrams
sv epru pure
Tagalog
tl:
Etymology
tl :bor es:Perú<t:Peru> + 1
Pronunciation
Perú
Proper noun
Perú +
tl Peru Q419
tl 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.
tl terms with quotations
Turkish
tr:
Etymology
tr :der es:Perú<t:Peru> + 1
Pronunciation
tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Peru.wav
Proper noun
tr Peru Q419
Declension
Peru Peru'yu Peru'ya Peru'da Peru'dan Peru'nun
Derived terms
tr Perulu
See also
Turkmen
tk:
Перу Peru
Proper noun
tk proper noun
tk Peru Q419
See also
Uzbek
Proper noun
uz proper noun
uz Peru Q419