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Lima

1

[ lee-muh ]

noun

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


Lima

2

[ lee-muhor, Spanish, lee-mah lahy-muh ]

noun

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

Lima

/ 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


Lima

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


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Notes

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lima1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

“It would be ideal for him to be returned to Lima because he was doing so well there,” Altez told The Daily Beast.

Prison guards in Lima found a contraband mobile phone in his prison cell that he claimed was given to him by the warden.

She denies this, telling a reporter in Lima that she felt well rid of the man.

A family there asked if Miller if was interested in caring for an elderly woman in Lima, Ohio.

One such incident involved Jason Upthegrove, a Lima, Ohio, NAACP chapter president.

To be brought back to England after a two years' voyage without seeing Lima would be a very foolish trip.

The West India engine is sold to send to Lima, but not to be conveyed over the mountains.

One or two English mechanics were to accompany the engines which the contractors engaged should be in Lima within eighteen months.

The last-named engine was intended for the coinage operations in the Mint at Lima.

On his return to Lima he carried with him a small model of Trevithick's high-pressure steam-engine.

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