Lima

See also: lima, limá, líma, limă, lìmǎ, and Lìmǎ

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliːmɑ]

Symbol

Lima

1. The letter L in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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English

Etymology

Via corrupted Spanish pronunciation of Quechua Rimak, Incan god, from rimay (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

City in Peru, ICAO spelling alphabet letter:

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə
• Homophone: lemur (in non-rhotic accents)

City in Ohio:

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪmə/

Proper noun

Lima

1. The capital city of Peru.
2. A city, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States.
3. The letter L in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Related terms

• lima bean
• Lima wood

Translations

the capital city of Peru

• Arabic: لِيمَا f (līmā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利馬／利马 (zh) (Lìmǎ), 利马 (zh) (Lìmǎ)

• Danish: Lima
• Esperanto: Limo (eo)
• Estonian: Lima
• Finnish: Lima (fi)
• French: Lima (fr)
• German: Lima (de) n
• Greek: Λίμα (el) f (Líma)
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• Hebrew: לִימָה (lima)
• Hindi: लीमा (līmā)
• Irish: Líoma
• Italian: Lima f
• Japanese: リマ (Rima)
• Korean: 리마 (Rima)
• Polish: Lima (pl) n
• Portuguese: Lima (pt) f
• Russian: Ли́ма (ru) f (Líma)
• Spanish: Lima (es) f

the letter "L"

• Estonian: Linda (et)
• Finnish: Lauri (fi)
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• Italian: Livorno (it)

See also

• Lima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Liam, Mali, Mila, alim, mail, mali

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German

Proper noun

Lima (n)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/

• audio:

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Proper noun

Lima f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Declension

Declension of Lima

	singular
nominative	Lima
genitive	Limy
dative	Limie
accusative	Limę
instrumental	Limą
locative	Limie
vocative	Limo

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

rio Lima

Lima

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.mɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/, /ˈli.mɐ/
• Homophone: lima
• Hyphenation: Li‧ma

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese Limia, from .

Cognate with Galician Limia.

Proper noun

Lima m

1. Limia (a river in Iberia)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Lima, from Quechua Rimak, Incan god, from rimay (“to speak”).

Proper noun

Lima f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Derived terms

• limenho

See also

• Peru

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîma/
• Hyphenation: Li‧ma

Proper noun

Lȉma f (Cyrillic spelling Ли̏ма)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

References

• “Lima” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈli.ma]

Proper noun

Lima f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Derived terms

• limeño