# Peru
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Peru
* A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
    Alternative form: Perú
* Places in the United States:
** A city in Illinois.
** A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
** A township in 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
* 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
### See also

* 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
### Proper noun

Peru (definite accusative Perunu, plural Perular)
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Declension
## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* peruichcatl
* perucuahuitl

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* Pelon, piru, Pirũ (obsolete spellings)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [peˈɾu]

### Proper noun

Peru (locative)
* Peru (a country in South America)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛru]

### Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable, relational adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)
* 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)
* Peru (a country in South America)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peːˈru/, /pəˈru/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Peru n
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* Peruaan
* Peruaans

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish Perú.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈperu/, [ˈpe̞ru]
* Rhymes: -eru
* Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Declension

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
* perunhemuli
* perunrotta

### Anagrams

* pure

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈʁuː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uː

### Proper noun

Peru n (proper noun, genitive Perus or (optionally with an article) Peru)
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* Peruaner
* peruanisch

### Further reading

* “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛru]
* Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* perui

## Latvian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

### Proper noun

Peru f (indeclinable)
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* peruānis m, peruāne f

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pʲɛˈrʊ]
* Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

### Proper noun

Perù m (uncountable, indeclinable, related adjective perujiẽtiškas, demonym perujiẽtis, female demonym perujiẽtė) stress pattern 2
* Peru (a country in South America; official name: Perù Respùblika)

#### Related terms

* perùvinis

#### See also

* 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: [pe.ru]
* Rhymes: -ru, -u
* Hyphenation: Pé‧ru

### Proper noun

Peru (Jawi spelling ڤيرو)
* Peru (a country in South America)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* peruaner
* peruansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* peruan, peruanar
* peruansk

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛ.ru/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛru
* Syllabification: Pe‧ru

### Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruwiański)
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* Peruwianka
* Peruwiańczyk

### See also

* 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈɾu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Homophone: peru
* Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

### Proper noun

Peru m
* 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
* Peru (a country in South America)

### References

“Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peru/
* Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

### Proper noun

Peru m (Cyrillic spelling Перу)
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈperu]

### Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable)
* 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:(file)

### Proper noun

Peru n (genitive Perus)
* 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: /peˈɾu/ [pɛˈɾu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: Pe‧ru

### Proper noun

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 quotation)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* Perulu

### See also

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

## Turkmen
### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)

## Uzbek
### Proper noun

Peru
* Peru (a country in South America)