Upper Peru

English

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Alto Perú.

Proper noun

Upper Peru

1. (historical) A historical region of colonial South America corresponding to present-day Bolivia.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 127:

     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.

Translations

Translations

Spanish: Alto Perú m

Further reading

• Upper Peru on Wikipedia.Wikipedia