Peru
geographical name
Pe·ru
| \ pə-ˈrü
, pā-\
, pā-\
Definition of Peru
1
country in western South America on the Pacific coast south of the Equator; a republic; capital Lima area 496,222 square miles (1,285,215 square kilometers), population 27,412,157
2
Spanish viceroyalty 1542–1718 comprising modern Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and a large portion of modern Brazil; capital Lima
Other Words from Peru
Peruvian
\ pə-ˈrü-vē-ən
\
adjective or noun
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adjective or noun
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