Lima

¹ American  

[lee-muh] / ˈli mə /

noun

1. a word used in communications to represent the letter L.

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Lima ² American  

[lee-muh, lee-mah, lahy-muh] / ˈli mə, ˈli mɑ, ˈlaɪ mə /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Peru, near the Pacific coast.

2. a city in northwestern Ohio.

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Lima British  

/ ˈliːmə /

noun

1. the capital of Peru, near the Pacific coast on the Rímac River: the centre of Spanish colonization in South America; university founded in 1551 (the oldest in South America); an industrial centre with a port at nearby Callao. Pop: 8 180 000 (2005 est)

2. communications a code word for the letter L

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Lima Cultural  

1. Capital of Peru and largest city in the country, located in western Peru; the country's economic center.

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Lima was the capital of the empire of Spain in the New World until the nineteenth century.

Etymology

Origin of Lima

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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Lima

The move came as a shock to the bride's mother, Luz Lima, who nevertheless took it upon herself to make Luna's dress.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Lima Construction identified that the four window voids posed a risk to those working on the scaffolding platform.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Today, his daughter is a central figure of that Lima establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Ipsos showed Fujimori dominating the capital Lima, carrying the urban vote and the coast, while Sánchez swept the rural vote and the mountainous Andes regions.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

MDR had claimed the life of a close friend, a priest named Jack Roussin, who had been living and working in a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima, the capital of Peru.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French