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peura.

reindeer (Eurasia), caribou (North America), Rangifer tarandus (species of deer native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpeu̯rɑ/[ˈpe̞u̯rɑ̝]
  1. reindeer (Eurasia), caribou (North America), Rangifer tarandus (species of deer native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America)

  2. ellipsis of metsäpeura (“Finnish forest reindeer, subspecies Rangifer tarandus fennicus of the above”)

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *pëtra. Cognates include dialectal Finnish petra, Estonian põder and Veps pedr.

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