Peru
/pəˈɹuː/
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British/pəˈɹʉw/
Peru proper noun: a country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
Proper noun
Peru
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
- 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.2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN
- 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 Oxford County, Maine, named after the country.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
- A city in Nebraska.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Clinton County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
- A town in Bennington County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- A barangay of Lasam, Cagayan, Philippines.
Peru meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Peru in Hindi
- country in South America
- पेरू perū
Peru in Tamil
- country in South America
- பெரு peru
Peru in Marathi
- country in South America
- पेरू perū
Peru in Urdu
- country in South America
- پیرُو perū
More languagesFewer languages
- Peru in Bengali
- পেরু peru
- Peru in Telugu
- పెరూ perū
- Peru in Kannada
- ಪೆರು
- Peru in Odia
- ପେରୁ peru
- Peru in Sinhala
- පේරු pēru
- Peru in Pashto
- پېرو pero
- Peru in Tagalog
- Peru
- Peru in Arabic
- بِيرُو bērū, البِيرُو al-bērū
- Peru in Malay
- Peru
- Peru in Indonesian
- Peru
- Peru in Thai
- เปรู bpee-ruu
- Peru in Vietnamese
- Pê-ru
- Peru in Myanmar
- ပီရူး piru:
- Dhivehi
- ޕެރޫ perū
Origin of Peru
Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).
Words formed from Peru
- apple of Peru
- apple-peru
- balsam of Peru
- marvel of Peru
- Peru Current
- Upper Peru
- West Peru
Phrases with Peru
Words that rhyme with Peru
Questions about Peru
- What does Peru mean?
- Peru means a country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
- What is Peru in Hindi?
- Peru in Hindi is पेरू (perū). See Peru meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Peru?
- Peru is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Peru?
- Peru is pronounced /pəˈɹuː/ (UK).
Words near Peru in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Peru (page history and authors); Peru (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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