Lima

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

Translingual

Lima
Lima
Lima

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Lima.

Pronunciation

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 for letters
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

Translations

References

  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

City in Peru:

City in Ohio:

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.

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Translations

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Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Lima

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

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lima m or f

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lima, from Quechua Rimak.

Pronunciation

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
nouns

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
rio Lima
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Lima

Pronunciation

 

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

See also

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

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

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/
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: Li‧ma

Proper noun

Lima f

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lima n (genitive Limas)

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lima.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlima/,
  • Hyphenation: Li‧ma

Proper noun

Lima (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ)

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)
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