# Peru

Pronunciation: say "puh-ROO" /pəˈɹuː/

## Proper noun

1. A South American country, officially called the Republic of Peru, whose capital and largest city is Lima.
   - Simple: A country in South America. Its capital and biggest city is Lima.
   - _Peru shares borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile._
   - _The Inca built Machu Picchu high in the Andes of Peru._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
- (proper noun) A city in Illinois.
- (proper noun) A city in Nebraska.
- (proper noun) A city in Kansas.
- (proper noun) A town in New York.
- (proper noun) A town in Massachusetts.
- (proper noun) A town in Maine.
- (proper noun) A town in Vermont.
- (proper noun) A town in Wisconsin.
- (proper noun) A township in Miami County, Indiana.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- (proper noun) A barangay of Lasam, Cagayan, Philippines.

## Origin

Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu ("river").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/peru (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).