Look up: peru

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   Peru
   Peru is a country in South America. It has a total area of 1,285,220 km2. The climate varies from tropical in the east to dry desert in the west. The terrain is western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in centre (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva). Natural resources are copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash. The religion is predominantly Roman Catholic. The language is Spanish and Quechua (official), Aymara. Peru is a ci...
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   Peru
   The Miami word means 'A Straight Place In The River', a city in Indiana, county seat of Miami County.
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   Peru
   [n] - a republic in western South America
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   Peru
   Country in South America, on the Pacific, bounded north by Ecuador and Colombia, east by Brazil and Bolivia, and south by Chile. Government Peru is a multiparty democracy, with a presidential...
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   Peru
   Republic of Peru noun 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
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   Peru
   `Peru` (, ), officially the `Republic of Peru` , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico civilization, one of the oldest in the world, and to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered...
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   Peru
   city, seat (1834) of Miami county, north-central Indiana, U.S. The city lies on the Wabash River near its juncture with the Mississinewa, midway ... [1 related articles]
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   Peru
   country in western South America. Except for the Lake Titicaca basin in the southeast, its borders lie in sparsely populated zones. The boundaries ... [58 related articles]
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   Peru
   Peru (purOO') , Span. Perú (pārOO') , officially Republic of Peru, republic (2005 est. pop. 27,926,000), 496,220 sq mi (1,285,210 sq km), W South America. It borders on the Pacific Ocean in the west, on Ecuador and Colombia in the north, on Brazil and Bolivia in the east, and on C...
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    Peru
    Peru (purOO') , city (1990 pop. 12,843), seat of Miami co., N Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1847. It is a trade, processing, and rail center for a fertile agricultural area. Among its products are furniture, plastic and metal items, stationery, machinery, processed foods, and electrical equipm...
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