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Piru

US/ˈpaɪ.ɹu(ː)/

Piru proper noun: a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States.

Proper noun (1)

Piru

  1. A census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States.
    • Residents in Piru work to push back wet mud that trapped cars and invaded some houses on January 11.2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023

Noun

Piru (plural Pirus)

  1. A member of an alliance of African-American street gangs based in southern California.
    • YG, aka Keenon Jackson, using using the Piru vernacular, released a song titled “Bicken Back Bein Bool,” as a single from his album Still Brazy.2017, Joseph E. Morgan, Gregory N. Reish, Tyranny and Music, page 223

Proper noun (2)

Piru

  1. The northernmost dialect of the Luhu language.
    • Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku.2024 March 8, Antara, “11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry”, in Jakarta Globe, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2024

Forms of Piru

pluralPirus

Origin of Piru

From Chumashan. The gang was named after Piru Street, a residential street in Compton and neighboring Willowbrook; but is now often explained by various backronyms, such as Powerful Indestructible Ruthless Untouchables.

Questions about Piru

What does Piru mean?
Piru means a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Piru?
Piru can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Piru?
Piru is pronounced /ˈpaɪ.ɹu(ː)/ (US).

Words near Piru in the dictionary

  1. pirtenidine
  2. Pirtle
  3. Pirtles
  4. pirtobrutinib
  5. Pirton
  6. Piru
  7. Pirus
  8. Pirx Crater
  9. Pirzada
  10. Piræus
  11. pis

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