Lima

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

Translingual

Lima [2]
Lima [3]

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Lima.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlima][1]

Noun

Lima

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

Translations

References

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

City in Peru:

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːmə/
    • (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 city, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪma]

Proper noun

Lima f (related adjective limský)

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Declension

Further reading

  • Lima in Internetová jazyková příručka

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Lima

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

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lima m or f

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • (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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ima
  • Syllabification: Li‧ma

Proper noun

Lima f

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Declension

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

  • 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

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 Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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

Anagrams

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːma/

Proper noun

Lima n (genitive Limas)

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lima.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lima

  1. Lima (the capital city of Peru)
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