Piura

[ pyoo-rah ]

noun

a city in N Peru.

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How to use Piura in a sentence

Scenes: First and third acts, in garden adjoining Fernando's mansion, suburbs of Piura.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason Thompson
The name of this city is Piura and it is on a small river bearing the same name.
Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. Nichols
Catacaos is several miles from the sea, and Piura is an interior place.
The Andes of Southern Peru | Isaiah Bowman
From Piura, some take the inland road by Caxamarca, and others the road along the coast through Truxillo.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 | Robert Kerr
Lima is above six hundred miles from Cape Blanco, and Piura is about seventy-five miles from the same place.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 | Robert Kerr

British Dictionary definitions for Piura

Piura

/ (Spanish ˈpjura) /

noun

a city in NW Peru: the oldest colonial city in Peru, founded by Pizarro in 1532; commercial centre of an agricultural district. Pop: 357 000 (2005 est)

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