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

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Example Sentences

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Lima

After that he will spend six days in Peru, where roughly 76% of the population are Catholic, and will include stops in Lima, Chiclayo, Cuzco and Pucallpa.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Located approximately 190 miles north of Lima, Castillo de Huarmey covers 110 acres and once served as an administrative and burial center for the Wari Empire.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

It was the electronic calling card of Night Watch, an elite Ukrainian jamming unit that says it downed the missiles with its Lima system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The northern city will be among his stops in Peru, along with Lima, Cusco and Pucallpa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Hiatt insisted that Farmer use the meeting to trumpet his latest results, because the Lima cure rate gave significant credibility to Socios en Salud.

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

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