name
Meaning 1
The capital city of Peru.
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Standard Lemma guide
lima
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈliːmə/
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rhymes with -iːmə
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homophone: lemur (non-rhotic)
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/ˈlaɪmə/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪmə/
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rhymes with -aɪmə
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CMU ARPABET: L AY1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: L IY1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A province in Peru.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Adams County, Illinois.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A township in LaGrange County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Cass County, Minnesota.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Beaverhead County, Montana.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Livingston County, New York.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
A former township in Licking County, Ohio, merged into Pataskala in 1996.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Seminole County, Oklahoma.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 14
A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community in Pepin County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 16
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 17
A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
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noun
Meaning 18
Lima bean (the plant, Phaseolus lunatus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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- We planted limas with the corn last night.
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noun
Meaning 19
Lima bean (the fruit of the plant).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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- We had limas with dinner last night.
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noun
Meaning 20
Alternative letter-case form of Lima from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Qualifier: international standards
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noun
Meaning 21
capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: capital of Peru
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Broader terms: national capital
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Lima, in turn, borrowed from Classical Quechua Limaq (“the one who speaks”), cognate with modern Quechua rimaq, from the name of a sanctuary identified as the Huaca de Santa Ana. The variation of /r/ > /l/ is product of the former "coastal" variety of Quechua spoken around modern-day Lima. The drop of final /q/ could be attributed either to another characteristic of Coastal Quechua or to Spanish adaptation. Ultimately derived from rimay (“to speak”).
Ellipsis of lima bean.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لِيمَا (līmā) — the capital city of Peru
- Asturian: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Cherokee: ᎵᎹ (lima) — the capital city of Peru
- Chinese Mandarin: 利馬 /利马 (Lìmǎ) — the capital city of Peru
- Czech: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Danish: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Dutch: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Esperanto: Limo — the capital city of Peru
- Estonian: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Finnish: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- French: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- German: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Greek: Λίμα (Líma) — the capital city of Peru
- Hebrew: לִימָה (lima) — the capital city of Peru
- Hindi: लीमा (līmā) — the capital city of Peru
- Irish: Líoma — the capital city of Peru
- Italian: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Japanese: リマ (Rima) — the capital city of Peru
- Korean: 리마 (Rima) — the capital city of Peru
- Marathi: लिमा (limā) — the capital city of Peru
- Polish: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Portuguese: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Quechua: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Quechua: Limaq — the capital city of Peru
- Russian: Ли́ма (Líma) — the capital city of Peru
- Spanish: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Swedish: Lima — the capital city of Peru
- Ukrainian: Лі́ма (Líma) — the capital city of Peru