Virú

or Vi·ru

[ vee-roo ]

noun

1. 1. a province in the La Libertad region of Peru, on the country’s northern coast. 1,243 square miles (3,219 square kilometers).
   2. the capital city of this province.
2. Virú Valley, a valley in Virú province in the La Libertad region of northwestern Peru: site of the modern city of Virú and of the Virú culture.
3. Also called Gallinazo. a pre-Inca culture that established itself in a number of settlements in the Virú Valley and nearby valleys of northwestern Peru, flourishing sometime between 200 b.c. and about a.d. 600 and producing large pyramid mounds, textiles, and a style of pottery characterized by negative resist painting (often used attributively).

Example Sentences

Hotel Viru quickly became the pride of Intourist, a Soviet travel agency that was founded in the 1920s by Joseph Stalin.

From The Daily Beast

In April 1991, just before the U.S.S.R. crumbled, the KGB suddenly abandoned its post at Viru.

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