peru

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 109001424)
    domain member region:
    • sendero luminoso, shining path, sl - a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade
    • movimiento revolucionario tupac anaru, mrta, tupac amaru revolutionary movement - a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia
    • inca, inka - the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
    is an instance of: south american country, south american nation - any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
    member holonym: peruvian - a native or inhabitant of Peru
    belongs to: oas, organization of american states - an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
    has:
    • arequipa - a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
    • capital of peru, lima - capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
    • machu picchu - Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century
    • el misti - the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru
    • huainaputina - an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783
    • amazon, amazon river - a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
    • andes - a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast
    • coropuna - a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,083 feet high)
    • huascaran - a mountain in the Andes in Peru (22,205 feet high)
    • yerupaja - a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high)
    is a part of: south america - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
    same as: republic of peru

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