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Peruvian

/pəˈɹuː.vi.ən/

Peruvian noun: a person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.

Noun

Peruvian (plural Peruvians)

  1. A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.
    • After a raucous two weeks of power plays at the highest levels of government that saw three different men pass through Peru’s presidency, thousands of young Peruvians have reinvigorated protest and politics.2020 November 23, Claudia Rebaza, “‘They messed with the wrong generation’: How young people shook up politics in Peru”, in CNN

Adjective

Peruvian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.
    • My favorite was the simplest: alfajor, a double-deck Peruvian cookie, spread with a layer of caramel.2010 March 26, Patricia Brooks, “Culinary Surprises and Peruvian Charm”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022

Peruvian meaning in Bengali and Tagalog

Peruvian in Bengali

পেরুভীয়

Peruvian in Tagalog

person from Peru
Perubyano

Forms of Peruvian

pluralPeruvians

Origin of Peruvian

From Peru + -v- + -ian, or from Latin Peruvia.

Words formed from Peruvian

Phrases with Peruvian

6 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with Peruvian

Questions about Peruvian

What does Peruvian mean?
Peruvian means a person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.
What is Peruvian in Bengali?
Peruvian in Bengali is পেরুভীয়. See Peruvian meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Peruvian?
Peruvian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Peruvian?
Peruvian is pronounced /pəˈɹuː.vi.ən/.
What is the plural of Peruvian?
The plural of Peruvian is Peruvians.

Words near Peruvian in the dictionary

  1. perusitin
  2. Perusse
  3. Perusses
  4. perusual
  5. Peruv.
  6. Peruvian
  7. Peruvian apple cacti
  8. Peruvian apple cactus
  9. Peruvian balsam
  10. Peruvian bark
  11. Peruvian chinchilas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Peruvian (page history and authors); Peruvian (Bengali 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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