Lima

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

Translingual

Lima [1]
Lima [2]
Lima [3]

Alternative forms

• lima

Etymology

Borrowed from English Lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlima]

Noun

Lima

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter L.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter L.
3. (time zone) UTC+11:00

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes

code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
	November	Oscar	Papa	Quebec	Romeo	Sierra	Tango	Uniform	Victor	Whiskey	Xray	Yankee	Zulu
	zero	one	two	three (tree)	four (fower)	five (fife)	six	seven	eight	nine (niner)	hundred	thousand	decimal

Translations

the letter "L" in a national spelling alphabet

• Czech: Ludvík (cs)
• English: Love
• Estonian: Linda (et)
• Finnish: Lauri (fi)
• Italian: Livorno (it)
• Malay: London
• Swedish: Ludvig (sv)

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

City in Peru:

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːmə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• 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 number of places in the United States:
   1. A township and village therein, in Adams County, Illinois.
   2. A township in LaGrange County, Indiana.
   3. A township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
   4. A township in Cass County, Minnesota.
   5. A town in Beaverhead County, Montana.
   6. A town and village therein, in Livingston County, New York.
   7. A city, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio.
   8. A former township in Licking County, Ohio, merged into Pataskala in 1996.
   9. A town in Seminole County, Oklahoma.
   10. A census-designated place in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
   11. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
   12. A town and unincorporated community in Pepin County, Wisconsin.
   13. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
   14. A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

Related terms

• lima bean
• Lima wood
• Limenean
• Santa Rosa de Lima

Translations

the capital city of Peru

• Arabic: لِيمَا (ar) f (līmā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利馬／利马 (zh) (Lìmǎ)

• Czech: Lima (cs) f
• Danish: Lima
• Dutch: Lima (nl) n
• Esperanto: Limo (eo)
• Estonian: Lima (et)
• Finnish: Lima (fi)
• French: Lima (fr)
• German: Lima (de) n
• Greek: Λίμα (el) f (Líma)
• Hebrew: לִימָה (lima)
• Hindi: लीमा (līmā)
• Irish: Líoma
• Italian: Lima f
• Japanese: リマ (ja) (Rima)
• Korean: 리마 (ko) (Rima)
• Marathi: लिमा (limā)
• Polish: Lima (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lima (pt) f
• Quechua: Limaq
• Russian: Ли́ма (ru) f (Líma)
• Spanish: Lima (es) f
• Swedish: Lima (sv) n
• Ukrainian: Лі́ма f (Líma)

See also

• Lima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Lima

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪma]

Proper noun

Lima f (related adjective limský)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Declension

Declension of Lima (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Lima
genitive	Limy
dative	Limě
accusative	Limu
vocative	Limo
locative	Limě
instrumental	Limou

Further reading

• Lima in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lima m or f

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Derived terms

• haricot de Lima

 

Anagrams

• Mali

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

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

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lima, from Quechua Rimak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: Li‧ma

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

Derived terms

adjective

• limski

 

nouns

• limianin
• limianka

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

rio Lima

Lima

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mɐ/

• Homophone: lima
• Hyphenation: Li‧ma

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-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

From the river's name. Related to Limeira.

Proper noun

Lima

1. a surname

Etymology 3

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

Proper noun

Lima

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Derived terms

• limenho

See also

• Peru

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlima]

Proper noun

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

1. Lima (the capital of Peru)

References

• “Lima”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lima f

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

Derived terms

• de aquí a Lima
• limeño

 

Anagrams

• Malí

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːma/

Proper noun

Lima n (genitive Limas)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Anagrams

• Liam, Mali, mail, mila

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lima.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lima (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ)

1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)