Virú

American  

[vee-roo] / viˈru /

Or Viru

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).

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