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.

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 of Peru.
  2. A city in Ohio, USA, and the county seat of Allen County.
  3. The letter L in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

German

Proper noun

Lima (n)

  1. Lima (capital of Peru)

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlʲi.ma/
  • audio(file)

Proper noun

Lima f

  1. Lima (capital of Peru)

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

Portuguese
rio Lima
Lima

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

Etymology 1

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

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

Serbo-Croatian

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

Proper noun

Lȉma f (Cyrillic spelling Ли̏ма)

  1. Lima (capital of Peru)

References
  • “Lima” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Proper noun

Lima f

  1. Lima (capital of Peru)

Derived terms
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