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

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, AFP journalists observed.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

As per his wishes, his partner Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima and his great-nephew Richard Hockney were the only two mourners to attend his funeral, Hockney's publicist Erica Bolton said.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

“Her father was a great leader, and she has a coherent team that can pull the country out of the mess we’re in,” said Carlos Sigüeñas, a businessman on the outskirts of Lima.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Fujimori began her election day having breakfast in the Lima suburb of San Juan de Lurigancho, the most populous district in Peru, where impoverished neighbourhoods crowd the steep, dusty mountains.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Lima was sure that these were the same four men he had seen leaving the Walgreens, so they arrested them and brought them to the staging ground.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers