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# peruvian

«peruvian» in Mova's school dictionary: **From or belonging to Peru, a country in South America** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Peruvian); noun (a Peruvian, Peruvians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) From or belonging to Peru, a country in South America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#m1)

2) A person from Peru. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography: Peruvians speak Spanish, and many speak Quechua or Aymara; Machu Picchu, the Andes and the Amazon are in Peru. In stories: Paddington Bear comes from «darkest Peru». Peruvian food includes potatoes (first grown there) and quinoa.

### examples

- Paddington is a Peruvian bear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#x1)
- Machu Picchu is an Inca city in the Peruvian Andes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#x2)
- Our Peruvian classmate taught us some Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#x3)
- Llamas live in the Peruvian mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#x4)
- Peruvian farmers grow many kinds of potatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#x5)
- Peruvians celebrate Independence Day in July. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/#x6)

### note

Always capital P. Country: Peru; people: Peruvians.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peruvian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.