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Where does “পেৰু” come from?

পেৰু (Assamese) comes from English Peru, from Spanish Perú, from Quechua pelu — river.

Ancestry of “পেৰু”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPeru—
2SpanishPerúPeru
3Quechuapeluriver
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