Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upper peru

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: up-per pe-ru
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historical region of colonial South America corresponding to present-day Bolivia.

Example Sentences

"It was concentrated in two areas—north-central Mexico around Zacatecas and Guanajuato, and the highlands of Upper Peru (modern Bolivia)—though there were significant secondary areas in Honduras and the Peruvian Andes."

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Alto Perú.

Questions

What does upper peru mean?: A historical region of colonial South America corresponding to present-day Bolivia.
Where does upper peru come from?: Calque of Spanish Alto Perú.

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