conventional long form: Republic of Peru conventional short form: Peru local long form: Republica del Peru local short form: Peru etymology: exact meaning is obscure, but the name may derive from a native word biru meaning river Government type: presidential republic Capital: name: Lima geographic coordinates: 12 03 S, 77 03 W
Hieroglyphics (sacred symbols). For a long time it was supposed that the written Egyptian language consisted solely of concepts, like a picture of a hippopotamus stood for râ¦iver, or danger, or submerge.
These, or symbols derived from them, are used widely through much of the world today. 1  A stick figure at the prehistoric Leo Petroglyph in the United States. 2  The AIGA symbol for drinking fountain. 3  One of Otl Aicher's stick figure signs at the 1972 Munich Olympics.