Peru
puh-ROO/pəˈɹuː/
- 1A country in South America. Its capital and biggest city is Lima.
My aunt traveled to Peru to see the old ruins high in the mountains.
Peru is on the west coast of South America, next to the Pacific Ocean.
- 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
It comes from Spanish Perú. It maybe came from a person's name, Birú, or from the Quechua word pelu, meaning "river".