Lima

• lima

From English Lima.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlima][1]

Lima

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO phonetic alphabet code for the letter L.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter L.

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

City in Peru:

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːmə/

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• Rhymes: -iːmə
• Homophone: lemur (in non-rhotic accents)

City in Ohio:

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪmə/

Lima

1. The capital city of Peru.
2. A city, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States.

• lima bean
• Lima wood

• Lima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Alim, Liam, Mali, Mila, alim, mail, mali

Lima

1. Lima (the capital and largest city of the modern Peru).

• IPA^(key): /li.ma/
• Homophones: lima, limât, Limat

Lima m or f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

• Mali

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Lima n (proper noun, genitive Limas or (optionally with an article) Lima)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Borrowed from Spanish Lima, from Quechua Rimak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: Li‧ma

Lima f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

• Lima in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Lima in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Homophone: lima
• Hyphenation: Li‧ma

From Old Portuguese Limia, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Cognate with Galician Limia.

Lima m

1. Limia (a river in Iberia)

From the river's name. Related to Limeira.

Lima

1. a surname

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

Lima

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

• limenho

• Peru

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

Lȉma f (Cyrillic spelling Ли̏ма)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

• “Lima” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): [ˈlima]

Lima f (genitive singular Limy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Lima (the capital of Peru)

• Lima in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/ [ˈli.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: Li‧ma

Lima f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)
2. A province of Peru

• Malí

• IPA^(key): /²liːma/

Lima n (genitive Limas)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

• Liam, Mali, mail, mila

Borrowed from Spanish Lima.

• Hyphenation: Li‧ma
• IPA^(key): /ˈlima/, [ˈli.mɐ]

Lima

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)