Peró

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈɾu/

Proper noun

Peró m

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

  • peroan m, peroana f

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese Pedro.

    Proper noun

    Peró

    1. a male given name from Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Alcançar ia a alguẽ q. uay caminhando”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 30; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Aço Pero rupigtigca igpe.
        [Asó Peró rupytyka 'ype.]
        I went to the river to catch up with Peter.

    Derived terms

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