peru

Other forms of peru

plural

perus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peru

What does peru mean?

peru means "a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries".

How many syllables are in peru?

peru has 2 syllables: pe-ru. The stress falls on "ru". In IPA it is /pɚˈu/.

What is another word for peru?

Close synonyms include Republic of Peru. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peru a common word?

peru is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with peru?

2 words rhyme with peru. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.