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Peruvian

/ pəˈruːvɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Peru or its inhabitants

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Peru

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Like many such reversals, it’s been a bit clumsy at times, complicated by the fact that Albers’ practice borrowed — quite openly — from Indigenous craft, specifically ancient Peruvian weaving traditions.

The Sheriff’s Department was notified by the Consulate General of Peru on Wednesday that Cabrera is being held in Peruvian custody.

On Saturday, the children were recovered unharmed in Peru after they entered the country with their father, according to the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations.

We have Latina director, and also the project I’m supposed to do next after that is going to be directed by a Peruvian woman.

Guests included a Peruvian refugee family and an elderly Roman woman, symbols of the diverse realities of poverty and displacement.

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