Peru
puh-ROO/pəˈɹuː/
- 1A South American country, officially called the Republic of Peru, whose capital and largest city is Lima.
Peru shares borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile.
The Inca built Machu Picchu high in the Andes of Peru.
- 2A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
- 3A city in Illinois.
- 4A city in Nebraska.
- 5A city in Kansas.
- 6A town in New York.
- 7A town in Massachusetts.
- 8A town in Maine.
- 9A town in Vermont.
- 10A town in Wisconsin.
- 11A township in Miami County, Indiana.
- 12An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
- 13An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- 14A barangay of Lasam, Cagayan, Philippines.
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Origin
Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu ("river").