"Piru" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Shoshone [Term?]. The gang was named after Piru Street, a residential street in Compton and neighboring Willowbrook, but is now often explained by various backronyms such as "Powerful Indestructible Ruthless Untouchables". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|shh}} Shoshone [Term?] Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Piru
  1. A census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States. Categories (place): Census-designated places in California, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Piru-en-name-lM3NmtCO

Noun

Forms: Pirus [plural]
Etymology: From Shoshone [Term?]. The gang was named after Piru Street, a residential street in Compton and neighboring Willowbrook, but is now often explained by various backronyms such as "Powerful Indestructible Ruthless Untouchables". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|shh}} Shoshone [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun}} Piru (plural Pirus)
  1. A member of an alliance of African-American street gangs based in southern California.
    Sense id: en-Piru-en-noun-mK0ot247

Inflected forms

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